Visions for the Future
Amidst all the discussion around artificial intelligence, a robotic workforce, big data and autonomous vehicles, we invited contributors for this issue of THink to share their “Visions for the Future”.
In this issue:
- Feature: The New Asian Workplace: Who Will Take Charge? [Download article]
- Learning for the Future
- Singapore’s Energy Dilemma: Would the Nuclear Option Help?
- Designing with Everyone in Mind: Universal Design for an Inclusive Society
Learning for the Future
“More people will be required to learn AI and be skilled in the maintenance of AI, and that many traditional jobs will become redundant.” A…
Reading the Present, Writing the Future
The Future is here… The education revolution is upon us, and like all tomorrow’s taxis, it’s driven by digital technology. It’s in our schools,…
Developing 21st Century Skills in Asia Through Design Thinking
“…in order to successfully design a solution that effectively solves a problem, the designer must put ideas into action, so “failing” early and often is…
Climate Action: Simply Good Business
“Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills, misery, ignorance,…
Singapore’s Energy Dilemma: Would the Nuclear Option Help?
Singapore’s Energy DilemmaSingapore’s economic health hinges on two crucial imported resources—water and energy. While the importance of the first is seared in the public mind,…
When Turbulent Air Meets a City Dweller: The Science of Urban Sustainability and Liveability
We quite often hear the word “turbulence” when we are in an aircraft, flying 30,000 feet above the ground. However, as people are fastening their…
The New Asian Workplace — Who Will Take Charge?
This article describes the imperative or developing new models/paradigms for human development by highlighting changes affecting work, particularly in the Asian workplace. We suggest that…
Organisational Structure for the Millennium: The Cellular Concept
An Idea Out of Necessityhe cellular concept was conceived out of the urgent need for me as a project manager to form an efficient project…
Preparing for the Future
In 1995, I was in Sydney where I listened to a speaker who was promoted as a Futurist. His presentation was about something called “The…