Category Archives: issue-07

Scenario Building

Posted on May 1, 2011 by TRENDNOVATION SOUTHEAST

Scenario building is among the most well-known and extensively utilized tool in foresight research. It is a planning tool for future challenge preparation, rather than a prediction of what will happen. This tool allows us to identify future option spaces …

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Dr. Trirat Jarutach

Posted on May 1, 2011 by TRENDNOVATION SOUTHEAST

1. What is your 2030 scenario for an ageing society in Southeast Asia? “First I would note that Southeast Asia’s populations are ageing at different rates.  Whilst Singapore and Thailand have already been categorized as ageing societies since the early …

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Coming of the Grey Collar Age

Posted on May 1, 2011 by TRENDNOVATION SOUTHEAST

Keywords: ageing population; grey collar; life-long learning; grey collar economy; Singapore; Thailand Idea: The ‘ageing’ of Southeast Asia’s populations raises many fundamental issues. This article explores one of these – how to deal with a senior workforce that is healthy, …

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Innovation and the Megacity: Reflections from a Grey City

Posted on May 1, 2011 by TRENDNOVATION SOUTHEAST

Keywords: Scenarios; grey innovations; innovation spaces; ageing society; low-carbon society; virtual society Idea: Bangkok can be characterized as a pluralistic society comprising small communities where people agglomerate based on common interest or benefit, resulting in today’s diversity of contemporary subcultures. …

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From Ageing Society to Mature Society

Posted on April 30, 2011 by TRENDNOVATION SOUTHEAST

Keywords: Scenarios; ageing society; mature society; 65; emerging issues; Thailand. Idea: In 2007, Thailand conducted a foresight exercise to investigate and identify emerging issues in an ageing society. The result came as a surprise to stakeholders participating in the exercise. …

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LEADER

Posted on April 30, 2011 by TRENDNOVATION SOUTHEAST

Welcome to Issue 7 of TrendNovation- a monthly magazine devoted to discussion of long-term technological, social and political trends in Southeast Asia. Issue 6 of TrendNovation focused on the deep-rooted influences of religion and superstitions on all aspects of Southeast …

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