How much social value does your organisation deliver?
Ron Immink
I empower people by crafting compelling visions for the future, driving the creation of innovative business models, boosting productivity, and enhancing profitability. Advisor, mentor, author and speaker.
Scenario prompts are a way to develop responses to trends and train your change muscle, making you more successful. If you want to talk about scenario prompts for you and your organisation, you can book a free appointment here. If you want me to speak at your event, contact me at [email protected]
Scenario prompts 27 November 2024
Today’s prompts are reprogrammable cells, social value, technology disruption, a lollipop interface for simulating taste, and customised implants and strategy development.
Use the prompts to question relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Is delivering social value part of your strategy in the future?
Northeastern-led research reprograms skin cells to create human-compatible pig heart valve
Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve into a rodent
Roche UK commits to generating ￡200m in social value by 2026
Social value refers to the wider positive impact a company has on society, beyond its basic operations or profit-making activities.
Synergy-whiz: The interconnected nature of technology disruptions
Disruptions are imminent in four of the foundational sectors of the global economy simultaneously: energy, transportation, food, and labor.”
A lollipop interface for simulating taste in virtual environments
The researchers embedded pouches in the device that hold small quantities of agarose gel. A small amount of voltage (2 V) activates chemicals in the gel, forcing it to the surface of the lollipop. When the gel mixes with the saliva in the user's mouth, it produces flavor.
Customized implants manufactured directly at the treatment site using 3D printing
The current methods for producing patient-specific implants are time-consuming and significantly prolong the time to surgery. The use of a point-of-care (PoC) platform aims to speed up the manufacturing process. The aim is to plan and produce implants on site in the clinic.
A very short and efficient approach to strategy development
Two months, two sessions (collective or individual) and some work in between (or come to Malaga for a day and we run the programme combined with sunshine, some wine and tapas). Spaces are limited.