WEF2008.3.1 Weak Signals Breakfast
February 04, 2008 by Chris | permalink
PETER SCWARTZ opened the breakfast session with a short overview of what weak signals were all about. they are the little things which one should be able to pick up that give an indication that change is either occurring, or about to occur. PAUL SAFFO followed with his commentary that he is always looking for 'things that just don't fit' into the expected pattern. we then did an exercise in which our table was asked to make a list of those things/events which we note that 'don't fit' and could constitute weak signals. some of the things that we came up around the area of Values and Beliefs [which was our assignment] were:
1. Hamas blowing up the Gaza wall
2. multiple nation states
3. rise of intolerance
4. rise of multiple identities
5. desensitization to violence
we noted an interesting phenomina we branded the TOLERENCE TOGGLE. this was seen recently in Denmark. once known for its tolerence, it seemed to turn intolerent overnight.
i left before the end of the session.
