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WILD CARDSCanada’s Innovation Prospects 2017-40
Session II Day 2
27 April 2011
Ottawa
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In the ‘GREAT GAME’…Wild Cards are the ‘WMD’ of unfolding
history
‘Who’ or ‘What’ is the dealer may be unknown until, even, after the Wild Card is dealt
When, and how many times, a Wild Card will be dealt, are always unknown.
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Wild Cards are not
- emerging issues, or- weak signals, or- the reason for thinking ‘outside the box’,
or- necessarily ‘wicked problems’.
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Wild Cards are- a happening that can’t be ignored*- proof that CBP, on its own, is** unwise- reminders that first responders to any Wild
Card are the survivors.- the main reason that leader-ship is**
insufficient * “a burst-transmission scenario”
**, at least,
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Scenarios’Wild Cards-all are cause and effect of mash-ups
-description-summaries exist for ~ 30 %
-none are dated, but each is subjectively ‘aged’*– A = anytime– S = sooner– L = later
*
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T1 - The End of Scarcity Wild Fleur (S)
The Death of Borderliness (L)
Uprising (A)
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T2 – Practising What was Preached: Sustainable Canada
West Ended (A)
Smudged (S)
Here They Come (S)
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A – Canada on Top of the Game
Corporate Governance (L)
Class War (S)
My-lateralism (A)
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E – Canada’s Success; Innovation Leadership 2017-40
Robot shooting and chillingGaia Strikes BackPrinter Pandemic
Food FightsHistory Wars
The 20 % electionAWP