Should We Be Worried about Plunging Oil Prices?
What's not to like about the dramatic fall in world oil prices? Here are some things to watch.
The Future
Why Driverless Cars Are Still Not
Autonomous vehicle technology has made great strides, but a fascinating confluence of non-technology factors continues to inhibit the sector.
What if Thomas Piketty is Right about Inequality?
A FSG conversation on one of the most important economic questions of our time.
ISIS, Hitler, Orwell
A war with no “good” side.
Scenario Perspectives on California Drought
Is the current California drought about climate change or some periodically recurring rainfall shortage? The experts don't agree. Which is why planners affected by this situation should rigorously think through multiple scenarios — and their implications.
Scenario Planning Bible
The U.S. Coast Guard releases version 3.0 of Creating and Sustaining Strategic Intent in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Four Reasons for Positive Economic Scenarios in 2014
At the start of 2014, the U.S. economy is looking brighter than it has been since the onset of the financial crisis. But should we still be worried?
Mideast Scenarios, or “Damn, We’re Good”
Where will the Arab Spring and Syria take the Middle East? Well, we kind of called it in 2011.
The Inevitable Not Happening?
The importance of including the seemingly impossible when writing scenarios.
Scenario Planning for the “Overexamined” Life
"It's rampant narcissism!" our client said last week, exasperated.