The Digital Health Passport

The notion of digital health passports is one that has emerged as a controversial possibility in a number of countries as the world seeks ways of living with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But the question remains, what is the most realistic balance between health protection and economic activity? And what might the world look like if the use of digital health passports is enforced?

Leland Shupp is a futurist, thought leader, writer, and public speaker and he has explored the idea of digital health passports in his chapter in the book Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 - Navigating the Next Horizon by posing the question, “How can we best balance the need for robust public health with the desire for personal freedom, privacy, and equality of opportunity?”

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You can learn more about Lee and his work by contacting and connecting with him as follows:
Email: foresightSF@gmail.com
LinkedIn: leeshupp
Twitter: leeshupp
Website: leeshuppconsulting.com

For information about the book Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 – Navigating the Next Horizon see the Fast Future website.

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Nowhere to Hide in 2025

The Covid pandemic caused authorities across the world to consider more pervasive digital tracking tools to monitor the spread of the disease. In a number of countries, a libertarian culture arguably restricted the potential of digital health monitoring tools and platforms to be as effective as they might have been. But were the libertarian views on such pervasive technologies well-founded?

It’s a question that strategic communicator and futurist Gina Clifford considers in her chapter in the book Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 – Navigating the Next Horizon, published by Fast Future Publishing. In this podcast, Gina describes the scenario she developed and explores some of the potential implications for society.

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You can learn more about Gina and her work by contacting and connecting with her as follows:

Email: gina.clifford@gmail.com
LinkedIn: ginaclifford
Twitter: G1naClifford

For information about the book Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 – Navigating the Next Horizon click here.

The Future of Homes Through the 2020’s

In a famous and much quoted judicial decision from 1604, English judge and jurist Sir Edward Coke declared that, “The house of every one is to him as his Castle and Fortress as well for defence against injury and violence, as for his repose…” Whilst in 1604 Sir Edward was talking about strict limits on how Sheriffs may enter a person’s house in order to issue writs, perhaps it could also be a metaphor for how homes of the future may become a fortress against other invaders; infection for one.

Of course there are many trends and drivers that influence how our homes and home lives might change in the future, but given the additional impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on those trends, what might the future home look like by the end of the 2020’s?

To discuss the Future of Homes Through the 2020’s I am joined by futurist at Partners in Foresight Alex Whittington. Our discussion covers:

• What are the critical triggers for the assertion that future homes will be different to the homes we have become used to?
• In the current situation, it's easy to see how working and learning at home through multiple lockdowns has become a significant trend and how it alone might change our perspectives on what home is for. But what are the other underlying social, economic, sustainability, and technological drivers that might have changed how we thought about "home" anyway?
• Where might we see re-purposing of non-residential buildings for use as homes?

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You can learn more about Alex and her work on LinkedIn and Twitter.

For more information about Alex’s report The Home of the 2020’s – Scenarios for how we Might Live in the Post-Pandemic Future, including how to receive copies, contact her via LinkedIn or Twitter, or by email on foresightpartner@gmail.com.

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