Managing logistics through a downturn.

Many executives responsible for logistics are feeling battered and bruised right now. Hit by one event after another, there’s little time to regroup or reflect, and the top of a corporation can be a lonely place. Profit warnings, share price pressures, mergers, reorganisations, relocations, disposals, painful layoffs and great geopolitical uncertainties can sweep away even the most comprehensive logistics strategies – and that’s despite outstanding management over many years.

Patrick Dixon is one of the world's leading Futurists, and a keynote speaker on the Future of Insurance.

This post was made in 2008 - as you can see, highly accurate in predictions.

Future of the insurance industry. People look for all kinds of insurance products online but are these insurance companies really offering good value? Where are the best insurance deals?  What is the future of online aggregators in the insurance industry?

Motor insurance, house buildings insurance, house contents insurance, health insurance, holiday insurance, life insurance - all these should be easy to fix online with instant quotes, electronic insurance contracts, e-mail confirmation. It's getting better for people living in some countries but there's a long way to go. 

Cyberbanking Demand Grows - archive 1997

Jubilee 2000 is an international debt forgiveness campaign, aiming to help emerging countries to become economically self-sufficient. Many countries have run up massive debts. Since these debts can only be paid through export earnings, the best way to measure the burden is by comparing export earnings with total debt. Examples (World Bank figures 1998):

• Somalia - total debt $2.6bn - as % of export earnings 3,671
• Sudan - total debt $16.9bn - as % of export earnings 2,131
• Rwanda - total debt $1bn - as % of export earnings 1,374

Debt is spiralling out of control in some countries. A look at the scale of the problem.