Mapping trust

Organisations invest heavily in procedures, certifications, and standards. Yet whether those investments deliver results depends on something far less tangible: human relationships. As organisations become more distributed and interdependent, seeing and strengthening these connections becomes critical to resilience. The hidden architecture of trust Without trust, perfectly drafted policies and shiny certificates become little more than beautifully formatted PDFs. In networks where multiple organisations or teams rely on each other to deliver quality services, trust determines whether processes work in practice or collapse under miscommunication. ...

October 30, 2025 · 4 min

The future will surprise us. Be prepared.

When scenario planning practitioners and others speak of “looking forward”, they don’t mean prediction. Forecasting implies we know where we’re going, while scenario planning admits we do not. Looking forward is not clairvoyance, nor is it the worship of trend graphs. It is not about guessing which shiny technology or geopolitical shift will “win”. Like a single renewable technology or control system which will dominate the grid. That kind of forward-looking, the PowerPoint prophecy, breeds false certainty. ...

October 29, 2025 · 4 min