Foresight
An archive of writing from Fordcastle on innovation in ageing, healthspan, the built environment, and systems change — collected here from earlier years.
Draft conversational memos for internal discussion and provocation, written ahead of the Rozetta Institute's Healthspan Transition Innovation Foundry: seven bankable instruments for enduring Australian population health, each named for who pays, and two that work the fund model behind them.
View collection → 1 February 2024The insurance industry is an unlikely savior of modernity. However, the industry plays a crucial role in undergirding today’s society so if insurance markets fail, large tracts of…
Read → 17 January 2024Agetech is an ugly word, and has an ugly history, with the 1980s ad for LifeCall’s pendant - I’ve fallen and I can’t get up - defining the space, stoking fear and helplessness and…
Read → 21 February 2023“The wicked problems of the 21st century call for a radically new approach to investing—one that pursues systems transformation, deploys capital with a broader intent and mindset,…
Read → 14 February 2022This post aims to start a dialogue about where and how we will live in the coming years. We’ll be having a series of events to explore and flesh out these ideas - see below for…
Read → 4 August 2021New article in Nikkei Opinion published here on August 4, 2021. Reprinted below: As the West looks to reform capitalism, it could learn two lessons from Japan: a recognition of…
Read → 29 July 2021We're hearing more about ' #missiondriven ' #innovation as #ESG goes mainstream and even the most radical free marketeers realize there's little point in being wealthy in a world…
Read → 8 February 2021As part of a 2021 investigation by Fordcastle into the business of caregiving, this post suggests looking outside for new models for how to get the best out of employees, rather…
Read → 22 December 2020Pornography is hard to define but we know it when we see it. The purpose of the firm is similarly hard to define, yet we know what it is not . It’s not just about making profits,…
Read → 14 September 2020What connects Louis XIV, Agatha Christie, the New York Stock Exchange and the Simpsons? The tontine . This is a type of financial instrument that could help address our global…
Read → 9 September 2020What connects Louis XIV, Agatha Christie, the New York Stock Exchange and the Simpsons? The tontine . This is a type of financial instrument that could help address our global…
Read → 30 August 2020This note suggests making age-inclusiveness central to Melbourne’s post-pandemic plans. Specifically, it suggests redefining the goal of ‘liveability’ to cater for all ages,…
Read → 12 August 2020Enjoyed presenting on 'Healthy Habitats' at Steve Moran 's Senior Living Foresight Tech Summit this morning together with Alexis Wise . We see an opportunity for senior living to…
Read → 15 July 2020For a country in which everything wants to kill you , Australia has a bit of a reputation as a nanny state . Immigration and drug enforcements can be seen as draconian, bicyclists…
Read → 7 July 2020“The most important asset of any city is the health of its people.” WHO, Health as the pulse of the New Urban Agenda “If the purpose of urban planning is not for human health,…
Read → 13 June 2020A new initiative driven by The Aging2.0 Collective around Food & Nutrition. As the impact of the social determinants of health becomes more recognised, we’re seeing a greater role…
Read → 31 March 2020Open foresight group Future Agenda has a new presentation on “ World in 2030 | Lasting shifts in a post-pandemic society ”. Here are the 12 key points, read the presentation below…
Read → 31 March 2020Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today a new COVID-19 coordination commission, populated by senior business and political leaders, and this note suggests a way…
Read → 19 September 2019How can we create a good life for all without destroying our planet in the process? The answer, according to Oxford professor and former McKinsey partner Eric Beinhocker ,…
Read → 8 May 2019As cities take on disruptive challenges, in particular harnessing technological disruptions and managing ageing populations (see earlier post about updating 'age-friendly' here ),…
Read → 11 October 2018Keeping older people connected, independent and fulfilled in their communities of choice - thriving, not just surviving - is the goal of many innovators, public policy makers, and…
Read → 11 March 2018(Note: Updated with summary deck here from Nov 2019) Summary: Keeping people independent will need a systemic approach One of the reasons why we’ve not mastered the ‘problem’ of…
Read → 10 February 2018The world is being rocked by four uniquely powerful disruptive forces: aging, urbanization, technology and globalization. The WHO’s age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC)…
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