Read part three of our fictional story from the future.
The story is about Riley Holmes, an investigative journalist, looking back on a time in which society committed to building a circular future.
Mission Circularity – Part 3
MISSION CIRCULARITY – PART TWO
Part two of the expactation scenario for the future of the circular economy and plastic waste.
Read, how the story continues on resociety.net:
Mission Circularity Scenarios 2030
This is part one of the expectation scenario for the future of the circular economy. It is based on a survey of ~70 industry experts on their assumptions about the future.
Read the whole scenario on resociety.net:
MISSION CIRCULARITY – Turning linear into circular and waste into value
Circular Economy 2030
The results of our scenario project with TOMRA are now published in the Resource Recovery Playbook.
How to navigate through and beyond the corona crisis: A ten step guide for leaders
In the midth of the pandamic great leaders look ahead.
Besides some general observations like accelerated digitalization, impacts and opportunities are very different for each market. Nevertheless, there is a set of steps leaders should follow to navigate through the crisis and beyond.
As soon as health and safety of employees is secured, liquidity is secured and a sufficient level of operability is achieved, looking ahead and deciding on the way forward is the prime duty of every leader.
This is a long article, so these are the ten steps to navigate through the crisis based on our scenarios (or any other scenarios for that matter):
- Develop your own assumptions on intensity, length and consequences of the crisis
- Check how your existing future assumptions are affected
- Understand the impact of the crisis on market players and market dynamics
- Derive assumptions on how the crisis will change your market
- Check the viability of your mission and vision and adapt if needed
- Identify opportunities during the crisis
- Identify opportunities to gain competitiveness from the crisis
- Develop contingency strategies for surprising developments
- Write an action plan
- Monitor your assumption and your results
Autonomous trucks – what will the drivers do?
The next ten years will radically change the way goods are transported by road. Where they still exist, drivers will take on completely new roles. These are possible scenarios of how truck driving changes due to autonomous vehicles.
(Article is in German)
More mobility – fewer cars: is the German automotive industry threatened to go down?
In retrospect, the early 2020s will mark the beginning of the end of motorized private transport and the internal combustion engine. The automotive industry is facing massive changes, as the mobility world of the 2030s will be a different, radically data-based and service-oriented one. In the worst scenario, German automakers are suppliers to the big US IT giants.
Continue reading “More mobility – fewer cars: is the German automotive industry threatened to go down?”Six strategies for success in the next era of mobility
Electromobility and autonomous driving will come. I remember well that even in leading automotive companies this statement was fundamentally questioned just a few years ago. Today, this statement is a common industry assumption. The disagreement in leadership teams remains only about the speed of change and the urgency of action.
Some politicians are still talking about a bright future for the diesel engine, but the leaders of successful automotive companies, suppliers and mobility service providers are already setting their companies up to the next era.
Continue reading “Six strategies for success in the next era of mobility”Interview: Digitalization at the public transport services of Zurich, Switzerland
Recently, Dr. Pero Mićić interviewed Simon Räbsamen of the VBZ and me on the the question of how Zurich’s transport companies have successfully aligned themselves to a digital future.
Some highlights:
Continue reading “Interview: Digitalization at the public transport services of Zurich, Switzerland”We need vision: How to use your most powerful leadership tool
Successful transformation needs a clear vision. Even in turbulent times, it gives a company the orientation, orientation and clarity it needs to respond to external changes and not only survive the change, but actively participate in shaping it. It gives each individual employee an answer to the questions “Where do we want to go, who do we want to be in the future, what do we want to achieve in X years?”
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