People-focused, future-oriented and data-driven are not just words to Future iQ. They are the purposeful orientation behind the guidance and solutions that FiQ brings to its clients. I love working for Future iQ because I get to be team member of a company that helps people to see the connections... read more →
Oct 03
Oct 02
Across the globe and throughout time, people have organized into regional groups. The regions changed over time in response to different factors, as noted in archaeological/anthropological evidence and historical documentation. Early mega-regions, such as empires and dynasties, and smaller tribal regions, developed in response to environmental/geographical character, food, economics, political... read more →
Sep 19
UPDATE July 23, 2020: Since this work was published in 2016, and with the Covid-19 pandemic, Future iQ has produced an updated article to be found at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/importance-future-thinking-david-beurle/. Wouldn’t it be great if we could know with certainty what was going to happen? We could make plans. If you were... read more →
Sep 07
Working with Future iQ affords me the opportunity to look at a broad range of micro and macro trends that have direct influence on our current systems and our futures. Particularly interesting to me is that when you isolate the largest, or most highly volatile influencers of change, there tends... read more →
Aug 25
We must discover more efficient methods of use, recovery and reuse of natural resources as we move forward in a world with a changing climate and increasing population. Sustainability is paramount in maintaining our societies. We require a future thinking approach to how human beings integrate with the ecosystems. I... read more →
Aug 25
Key trends are the effects of climate change, population growth, ageing populations, youth leaving rural areas to work in cities, and cities becoming crowded. My experience working with FIQ in geographies such as Argentina, Spain, Italy & US has shown that each country is facing the same challenges. What does... read more →
Aug 18
The Future of Regions is being developed to expand upon the work that Future iQ currently undertakes in our various strategic planning and foresight projects. It examines a range of critical catalysts of change for regions in North America and the impacts of that change on how regions are organized... read more →