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<\/p>\nFrom future(s) of work, to AI-led organisations and post-truth politics, here’s a glimpse of our projects and activities from this year.<\/p>\n
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In 2018, across so many sectors and industries, the lack of foresight came home to roost. Obstinance and populism reigned in global politics. Scandals shook the tech behemoths, and the IPCC report confirmed what leading climate scientists had been trying to tell everyone for years.<\/p>\n
Throughout the year, the need for effective foresight that addresses the spectres of short-termism, risk aversion and institutional conformity became increasingly evident. At Superflux, we worked with organisations across sectors to do just this: actively prototyping multiple possible future worlds that give people the tools to tackle these complex, systemic interdependencies, and build actionable and sustainable future strategies.<\/p>\n
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At the beginning of the year, education charity, the Varkey Foundation<\/a>, asked us to foreground the connections between education and work. Through our project Stark Choices<\/a> we took a group of educators, students and decision makers (including former UK Chancellor George Osbourne) through two immersive simulations – one hopeful, one dystopic – exploring the Future of Work and automation.<\/p>\n In February, we worked with<\/span> the United Nations Development Program<\/a> (@undp), Nesta<\/a> (@nesta_uk) and Bond<\/a> to explore the question \u2018What does the development organisation of the future look like?<\/em>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n Mantis Systems: AI in International Development<\/h3>\n
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