The Futurist Toolkit

As a scifi author as well as a strategy consultant, extrapolating and imagining the future is a big part of my day to day activity. A few thoughts on this blog in May – Think like a Futurist to Survive – spawned deep discussions with Sunderland Software City’s Innovation specialist and digital afterlife researcher Gavin Vaughan and Culture and Code’s John du pre Gauntt. We dug deeper into the need for businesses to plan for entirely new things and prepare to pivot in the face of challenge and opportunity. These lengthy chats resolved themselves into our Panel Picker idea for SXSW 2025 – and we need your help to bring it to the programme!

Building a Business Strategy for 2050

Business success requires a futurist mindset – everyone is a futurist now. Emerging technologies enable collaborations and business models previously unattainable. New capabilities are changing how we strategize and prepare our digital legacy. Join emerging tech strategist and sci-fi author Kate Baucherel, AI creator John du Pre Gauntt, and speculative designer and digital afterlife expert Gavin Vaughan to explore how to navigate rapid technological change at multiple levels. Discover the keys to survival that can help you seize opportunities and prepare for a very different world of 2050.

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