Scenario Thinking Portal
The Scenario Thinking Portal is the place where we can share our favourite URL's on scenario thinking and the future in general. You are invited to use the links provided by others. But don't forget to leave your own favourite URL's as well.
The idea is to accompany the links by a short description of the site.
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Scenario Resource Pages
Here you will find links to other sites that contain further links, articles and other resources. Some of those resource pages are specifically for scenario thinking and other scenario processes. Others are broader aimed and contain links to other future processes as well.
Includes the following links:
Scenario planning
Page by Martin Börjesson, scenario thinker and strategist.
A one-page site about scenario planning, with links to information, articles, reports and more.
Plausible Futures
Page with a wide variety of links to all kinds of views on possible futures. All links with a short description of its contents, divided by subsections. There is also a section on scenario's.
Scenario Processes
Here you will find links to sites with scenario processes in different context. Some of them aimed at the future a specific organization or country, other aimed at the description of global future processes and trends.
Among others the following links can be found here:
The National Intelligence Council
The National Intelligence Council is a centre of strategic counselling within the US government, advising senior policy makers and the president.
This page contains some long term global trend scenario's on many different issues, based on intelligence information.
Shell scenario page
On this site you will find information on scenario planning by Shell. This includes information on the newest scenarios, as well as on some previous ones.
Sources of Change
Some processes that we see happening now or are predicted to happen in the (near) future, are going to change the world. Here you will find links to some of those processes.
Examples of links you will find here:
The Great Climate Flip-flop
Cover article from the Atlantic Monthly by William H. Calvin. An article on sudden climate change.
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
The ODAC is an independent, educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil-depletion problem. On the site you will find articles, assessments, news and links on the topic.
Fields of Interest
Here you will find links to many sites from different fields of interest that are interesting for people interested in scenario processes. Categorized by fields of interest such as business and economy, politics and science.
Two examples of what you will find here:
International Institute for Strategic Studies
IISS is an independent organisation for conflict studies. It's aim is to provide policy makers all over the world with 'the best possible objective information on military and political developments relevant tot the prospects, course and consequences of conflict having an important military dimension'.
Information on Cold Fusion
Site with many links to articles about cold fusion. Treating it as a serious scientific subject. Site and articles by Ludwik Kowalski from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Montclair State University.
Statistical Data
Here you will find sites with statistical data on different fields, like demographical data, economic statistics, and statistics on IT development.
Links that can be found here:
WTO Trade Statistics
Up-to-date trade statistics by the World Trade Organisation. Statistics on World trade as well as statistics per country. Current as well as past statistics.
European IT statistics
Statistics relating to information technology in the European Union and other selected countries. Site by European Telework Online (ETO).
Futurism
Here you will find links to sites about and from futurists and their activities. To see why this is a separate section, look at the link below.
What is the difference between Futurism and Scenario Thinking or Scenario Learning
The kind of links you will find here:
Association of Professional Futurists Page of a community of professional futurists.
World Future Society
The [www.wfs.org WFS] is an open society for people interested in the future, in social as well as technological areas. Site with forecasts, recommendations, and alternative scenarios.