Adrian Taylor

Languages:

  • gb
  • de
  • fr
  • es

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Adrian has over three decades of work experience as an army officer, lobbyist, scenario consultant, official in an international organisation, visiting scholar-in-residence in a university, and a foresight to strategy consultant and moderator. In the course of his studies and work, Adrian has lived in Britain, Belgium, the US, Switzerland and Germany. He has worked on projects in many business to business sectors such as agri-food, chemicals, electronics, as well as a few business-to-consumer sectors like tourism, and mobility in addition to working on policy issues such as energy, migration, security and sustainability.

18/03/2025

Thoughts in stimulating future idea

by Adrian

The latest @Hamburg Futures Network was great, as we both talked about the role of games in futures thinking, and then played one – “Thing From the Future”. The concept is relatively simple – There are four categories (Archetype, Terrain, Object, Mood). Each category has a pile of cards, and each card has one word […]

vision, wargames
12/03/2025

Theatre fiction

by Adrian

I just read this piece on “imagining future public careers via fiction”. https://atelierdesfuturs.org/q264-imaginer-les-metiers-publics-de-demain-via-la-fiction/ It fascinated me particularly having already been part of the creation of the scenario that served as the background for a theatre piece written for the Deutsches Theater in Berlin (thanks to @Jutta Doberstein for that !). In this case, the authors […]

knowledge-sharing, vision
10/03/2025

cybersécurité

by Adrian

For mes amis francophones, or those who are prepared to use an automatic translation machine, let me draw your attention to a recent article about the role of gaming in preparing for surprise events, such as a cyber-security attack. The particular interest of this article is it draws on four different individuals an compares and […]

foresight-to-strategy, wargames