by Wendy McGuinness | Oct 14, 2025 | Out Of Interest, Project ForesightNZ, Project StrategyNZ
As we face an uncertain world, developing an uncertainty mindset can make all the difference. The difference between an uncertainty mindset and a risk mindset comes from our work researching risk and uncertainty, Discussion Paper 2025/02 – How to Tell the Difference...
by Josie McGuinness | Apr 3, 2025 | Project ForesightNZ
A newly formed Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Expert Group on Strategic Foresight brings together ten renowned foresight experts from around the world, including our own Wendy McGuinness A vital international collaboration Foresight...
by Josie McGuinness | Feb 28, 2025 | Project ForesightNZ
An open conversation about our common futures World Futures Day is on 1 March – it’s an annual global event that brings together the public and futurists to share their thoughts in open, collaborative discussion. The conversation begins at 12 noon in New Zealand and...
by Wendy McGuinness | Feb 5, 2025 | Project ForesightNZ
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past[1] As Waitangi Day nears, we at the Institute have been thinking about Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi and its impacts across Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, present...
by Wendy McGuinness | Nov 23, 2023 | Project ForesightNZ
The UK Ministry of Defence’s think tank is called the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC). I met with the team at DCDC twice this year, once in Wellington (New Zealand) and once in Oxfordshire (UK). For anyone who has studied the history of...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 1, 2021 | Project ForesightNZ
21 JULY 2021 Review into the Future for Local GovernmentTe Arotake i te Anamata mō Ngā Kaunihera The purpose of the presentation was to contribute to a review of the future of local government. As background please find links to the following information: An overview...