Can we make good decisions today, if we’re not thinking about tomorrow?
We live in a time of global and domestic disruption and uncertainty — in our environment, institutions and societies.
To make good decisions, we can’t assume that next year will look similar to this year, or that trends will just continue in a linear fashion. We can’t stick our heads in the sand, or rely on bold predictions from pundits and prophets. Instead, we can deliberately consider and plan for multiple possible futures — identifying points of leverage to move towards our desired outcomes, and prepare to respond to less desired alternatives.
The National Security College Futures Hub at ANU collaborates with diverse experts, agencies and organisations from across Australia, our region and the world to explore possible futures, their implications and practical ways we can prepare and respond today.
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Decision-makers have invested their attention in thinking about the present, not the future, for too long.
Understanding and anticipating plausible future is critical to making good decisions today and formulating policy ideas to prepare for them.
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The National Security College Futures Hub brings together diverse groups of policy and subject matter experts to translate the future into present day policy making.