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Halcyon's 52:52:52 campaign on this site and on Twitter will start in 2021. It will help you address 52 issues with 52 responses over 52 weeks.

Part consultancy, part thinktank, part social enterprise, Halcyon helps you prepare for and respond to personal, organisational and societal change.

A Mundane Comedy is Halcyon's new book. Extracts will appear on this site and across social media from the beginning of 2021. Please get in touch with any questions about the book or related Halcyon services.

Halcyon monitors change for more than 150 key elements of life.

Economics

What may change in 2021?
2021
Halcyon In Kal… 22 January 2021

 

Please see below a range of 2021 outlooks and forecasts - grouped by topics including:

  • Climate, Conflict, Consumption, Demographics, Economics, Energy, Food, Freedom, Health, Innovation, Politics, Purpose, Risk, Space, Sustainability, Technology, Travel, Trade, Trust, Values and Work.

Please revisit this page regularly for updates throughout the early weeks of 2021 and see also:

 

CLIMATE

What's Changing? - Money
Money
Halcyon Impacts 22 January 2021

 

Fundamental shifts in the world of work are eroding traditional social safety nets. Could a universal basic income (UBI) be the solution? UBI isn’t a new idea, according to the Basic Income Earth Network, which  says it was originally ignored, but growing fears surrounding job automation have stoked an interest in basic income.

 

Please see below selected recent basic income-related change.

 

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What's Changing? - Economics
Economics
Halcyon In Business 18 January 2021

 

Please see below selected recent economic developments.

 

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January 2021

What's Changing? - Food
Food
Halcyon Identifies 8 January 2021

 

Please see below selected recent food-related change.

 

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December 2020

What's Changing? - Belt & Road Initiative

Submitted by Halcyon In Business on 17 December 2020
Belt & Road Initiative

 

Introduction

China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative is one of the most ambitious geopolitical projects ever. By 2027, it aims to dish out an estimated $1.3 trillion in loans, around ten times what the US spent on the Marshall Plan in the aftermath of World War II. As China increases its investment in the West, will countries' loyalty shift toward Beijing? About 80 countries have already joined, and dozens more are flirting with the idea. For a world that badly needs more and better infrastructure, Belt and Road is a good thing

What's Changing? - Emerging Markets

Submitted by Halcyon In Business on 10 December 2020
Emerging Markets

 

Please see below selected recent emerging markets-related change. (Until mid-2018 the focus was primarily on Africa.)

 

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December 2020

  • The Lebanese economy, waylaid by financial and political crises on top of the pandemic, is set to contract by 19.4 percent in 2020, according to the World Bank. Next year things hardly get better, with a contraction of 13.2 percent expected in 2021.

 

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