2023 Prato – A Loom With A View
The VUCA world is now here, bringing numerous challenges for municipalities and public administration in navigating the role as stewards of citizens. While there is no best practice for shaping a future worthwhile, we can learn from times of massive disruption in the past and from societies that have fared comparatively well.
The loom used for weaving serves as a key symbol for the textile crafts that were disrupted by manufacturing at the advent of industrialization. What similarities in disruption do we see today in government and business, and what lessons can we draw to navigate the transition to a new era of human-AI collaboration effectively?