Monday, September 12, 2011

Recent reports of interest.

1. Australia Report: Risks and Opportunities. Produced by the Australian Davos Connection in association with KPMG, it is designed to assist leaders across business, government and the wider community face the future better by understanding threats and opportunities, it analyses risks for Australia because facing the nation over the next decade. The report is available at:

http://www.kpmg.com/AU/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/Australia-Report-2010-Risks-and-Opportunities.pdf.


2. Hajkowicz, S & Moody, J 2010, Our future world. An analysis of global trends, shocks and scenarios, CSIRO, Canberra. Describes the outcomes from a CSIRO global foresight project. Lists five global megatrends and global risks that may redefine how people live.

http://www.csiro.au/resources/Our-Future-World.html


Finally for a lovely video see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7yPLmtD1A  – for a defence of the book.

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