Entries by Ross Dawson

Where is the most uncertainty for your organization? Introducing scenario planning to extend the time-frame of strategic thinking

Earlier this week I ran a scenario planning workshop for the board and management meeting of a major Central European company, where we explored the value of scenario planning for the conglomerate. Scenario planning for macro-strategy Most people are familiar with scenario planning as a macro-strategy tool, used by organizations such as Shell, the CIA, […]

Designing effective co-creation of knowledge using knowledge development loops

Last week I gave the opening keynote at the Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand’s Thought Leadership Forum, the fifth consecutive year I have done the keynote for this excellent event series. My keynote was on The Potential of Business-Academic Collaboration, offering a big-picture view of the possibilities for value creation between university business faculties and […]

Platforms are the future of media: implications for news, journalists and society

I was recently interviewed by Nikolay Malyarov of digital newspaper aggregator PressReader for their industry magazine The Insider. The transcribed interview appears as an extended article Platforms are the Future of Media, which goes into depth on some of the issues I see in the future of media. Below are a few brief excerpts, but […]

The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty index is at an all-time high: the implications

A group of top economists has created an Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for 17 countries, using media reporting and economic forecasts to show how much uncertainty there is economic policy. The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is currently the highest it has been since the beginning of the period analyzed starting at the end of […]