Provocative Scenarios 2026
Provocative Scenarios is one of Futureworld’s flagship thought pieces. In this issue we showcase four bold explorations into how the future might unfold. These aren’t predictions, they’re provocations, designed to challenge how leaders think and act.
At Futureworld we don’t predict the future. We help our clients create it. By spotting the early signals and stretching imagination into possibility, we build scenarios that reveal the opportunities and disruptions ahead.
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The future belongs to leaders who think faster, see further and explore wider
From deepfake to digital doppelgänger
The social media revolution of the early 2000s gave us the opportunity to connect with friends and strangers and broadcast our likes, dislikes, opinions and experiences to anyone who cared to listen. It also gave us the chance to create an online persona, a publicly visible version of ourselves...
When choices are algorithmically determined, are they still our choice?
The Greeks did not anticipate TikTok when they started us down the path of representative democracy. If we want democracy to mean everyone has a say, we need to ensure they know what they are saying...
They’re not who you think they are
With the lights of the season of celebration twinkling against the night sky, Nova can’t help but feel in awe of how much life has changed in the last twenty-five years. There is a tremendous sense of relief that the lives of their children and grandchildren are so different from previous generations...
The only way to escape the trap of old thinking is to develop new thinking.
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