by Sam Douglas-Bate | Feb 23, 2024 | All, Trends
“If you’re not at the table then you could be on the menu.” Who said it first? Lots of people have been given credit. While the utterer has been lost in the mist of time, the meaning is pretty clear. Make sure you have an input or a voice, or it could come back to...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Oct 29, 2023 | All, Trends
With election season almost on us on both sides of the Atlantic. Who do you think will win? “I’m doubtful Donald will do it again”. “There is a good chance Kier is going to be our next PM”. Voters go to the polls in Russia too, are Putin’s chances of a fifth term...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Aug 27, 2023 | All
When it comes to forecasting one of the biggest challenges is the presence of potential bias. It can lead to inaccurate predictions and poor decision making. At its worst it can render your futures work a complete failure, costing valuable time and money. During a...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Aug 17, 2023 | All
As we approach the last quarter of 2023 charities across the UK continue to experience unrelenting change. In our increasingly complex world, the most successful leaders in the sector will navigate two distinct but interconnected paths. The first is about being...
by Sam Douglas-Bate | Jan 17, 2023 | Local Government, Policy Insight
ForgeFront’s founders cut their teeth in the pit of a significant number of central government organisational changes. Anyone who has worked in Whitehall will tell you that when it comes to ‘MoGs’ (nothing to do with Larry the Downing Street cat, rather...