Urban Resilience Game Workshop
According to the recently adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, every country has to “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” This policy simulation game aims at generating ideas on how to do just that.
X-EVENTS by Prof. John Casti
We live in a world more complex and larger in scale than our forbearers could have ever imagined. Our technology-dependent society has become a dizzying, interconnected web as unstable as a house of cards All [...]
Extreme Events
This book serves as the final report of the Game Changers project lead by Prof. John Casti and coordinated by Leena Ilmola. The project was established towards the end of 2009 as a part of [...]
Green Visions: Greenspace Planning and Design for Nordic Cities
Green Visions explores and evaluates the historical pathways, contemporary development, and future outlook for planning, design, and policy-making of green and recreational cities in the Nordic Region. As cities navigate contemporary urban challenges and prepare [...]
THE WORLD AFTER COVID-19: How to improve resilience during the crisis?
THE WORLD AFTER COVID-19: How to improve resilience during the crisis? The Coronavirus crisis revealed how important resilience is for countries and global systems. In this document we outline concrete means for building resilience against multifaceted [...]
Global X-Network Annual Conference in Vienna October 26-28, 2019
Global X-Network Annual Conference in Vienna Xevents and Urban Futures October 26-28, 2019 Conference Agenda If you have any questions, contact us.
Urban Future Global Conference February 28 – March 2, 2018
X-Event Dynamics will have a booth at the Urban Future Global Conference in Vienna, Austria from February 28-March 2. 2018. Be sure to stop by and see us! Learn more and register for the conference [...]
Global X-Network Annual Conference April 20-22, 2017 sponsored by The HafenCity University in Hamburg Germany (Updated Program)
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF SURPRISES! While many countries have faced turmoil since 1945, Western developed countries have largely operated within the framework of political and economic institutions that were established after World War II. [...]
APRIL 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE – HAMBURG GERMANY APRIL 21-22 2017
*|MC:SUBJECT|* Conference Theme: The world in which we all live, work and do business is about to change! But how & with what impact on cities, our social economy and (geo-)politics? Background While turmoil has [...]
The Socionomic Theory of Finance by Robert Prechter
Crowds, Markets, Moods and Events Book Review by John Casti (Review of the book, The Socionomic Theory of Finance by Robert Prechter, Socionomics Press, Gainesville, GA, 2017) The Socionomic Theory of Finance (STF) is concerned [...]
Complexity Institute, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore Annual Winter School Event
Winter School is an annual event organized by the Complexity Institute, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The 5-day program imparts essential knowledge about complexity and complex systems science, enabling participant to answer these questions: • [...]
X-Center Hamburg Germany Joins GXN
4Sing GmbH has established the X-Center Germany as part of the Global X Center Network. The Hamburg-based consulting and idea-generating company invites others to participate in joint development of scenarios and identification of alternative futures. [...]
Urban Resilience book published
A number of Global X-Network members collaborated with Yoshiki Yamagata from X-Center Tokyo (FoXc-J) to write, edit and publish a Springer Book title "Urban Resilience" The book is on urban resilience – how to design [...]
Global X-Network Annual Conference April 12-13, 2016
FOCUS: Urban Resilience - Smart Cities - Xevents “MANAGING IN TIMES OF GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY” This year’s conference was held on the campus of our partner X-Center USA – Stevens Institute [...]
Dr. William Rouse CCSE Update Presentation and Annie Yu Presentation on Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions Video Presentation at the Global X-Network Annual Conference April 12th 2016 GalleryDr. William Rouse CCSE Update Presentation and Annie Yu Presentation on Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions Video Presentation at the Global X-Network Annual Conference April 12th 2016
Dr. William Rouse CCSE Update Presentation and Annie Yu Presentation on Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions Video Presentation at the Global X-Network Annual Conference April 12th 2016
Global X-Network Annual Conference in Hoboken New Jersey April 12th 2016
Social Mood Indicator
Social Mood Indicator Social Mood Indicator is an additional measure on the dashboard of the decision makers. SMI shows at a glance what is the situation in nation/organization/customers. Social mood is an endogenous feature of [...]
Resilience
Resilience Planning for “unknown unknowns” is in principle a challenge to the imagination; we have to systematically extend our understanding by pushing the borders of our existing thinking outward from our current perception of what [...]
Space of Uncertainty
Uncertainty Scan Uncertainty focused Delphi has been developed for scanning for potentially disruptive drivers of the operating environment. This is a major difference to the traditional Delphi study that focuses on looking for a consensus [...]
Structural Scenarios
Structural scenarios have been developed for the foresight exercise in which we try to generate ideas about the future for the environment that we know our cognitive constraints are prominent; we know very little about [...]
Game Changer Stress Test
The current strategy of the organization is based on the situation of the operating environment and uses the existing strengths and capabilities as a starting point. In most of the organizations, megatrends-based foresight exercise [...]
School of International Futures Strategic Foresight Retreat Wilton Park UK August 11th to August 15th
At SOIF retreats, you will learn about strategic foresight approaches and techniques from world-renowned experts who provide you with practical tools that are ready to use as soon as you leave. Mixing with representatives of foreign [...]