Back in April I did a two hour session for London Futurists, a group for people who are interested in the future and maybe want to help shape it. David Wood, the smartphone entrepreneur who runs the group, asked me to run a session.
For me it was a chance to try out my latest thoughts on industrial strategy for a sustainable world. I speak for about an hour, and then there’s another hour of questions.
In a nutshell, the talk gives a wireframe which I believe you can use to organise all of the economic elements of the transition to a sustainable world. You can look at the slides here.
Doubtless the talk is wrong about lots of stuff – my aim was to be wrong in useful ways!
I’ve had lots of feedback from the people at the talk, and others to whom I’ve given (shorter) versions. I’d love your thoughts too. Please comment below or get in touch in the normal way.
It’s clearly a work-in-progress but so far people have been finding it useful, especially to see how their work is a contribution to the wider change.
Even so, I know it is far from the finished article. I’ve had thoughts since on where to improve and where to pivot. These will have to wait for another post! In the meantime, enjoy the talk and thank you again to David Wood for giving me the chance.
David Bent 
Very impressive marshalling of a huge amount of information David. I am realising that in order to become more connected to and understanding of my place in nature I need to take more of an interest in how it works, and what mental models really encourage its and my flourishing.
Thanks! Still a lot more to do, on marshalling the information and in truly inhabiting the mental models that mimc nature.
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