Economic Growth: What's next in the business cycle? Radical change and impact of new values. What happens after you press the global RESET button? Sept 11 2001 was like pressing the computer RESET button. As if someone turned off the whole economy for a microsecond, followed by a flash and a pause. Yet now the reloading is complete, it's becoming clear the whole system is working in a different way, with early indications of the greatest shift in values we have seen for over 50 years. (Comments written November 2001)

Why pressures are growing for random drug testing at work - to save accidents and loss of life, and to improve performance. With 8% of all UK adults dependent on alcohol or illegal drugs, workpace drug testing is now an important but controversial issue. On current trends within two years it will be almost impossible for recreational drug users to get a job with larger companies.

Patrick Dixon is a Futurist keynote speaker on a wide variety of health and workplace issues.

Any corporation which builds a strategy around market research is taking a huge risk. Market research is a very poor guide to future behaviour - except in the short term. Future-proof your strategy.

Don’t believe market research – it can’t predict the future. Market research only tells us about today. It tells us nothing about tomorrow. Customers usually know even less about the future than the executives who have paid to ask them. Article published Sunday Telegraph 1/11/98 but the problems with market research are just as great in 2022. Judge for yourself - read on....

Winners and losers in the values revolution.

How to make a business case for corporations doing the right thing - even if senior leaders are reluctant.

Can ethical behavior translate into profitable success?

Where should every corporation get their values from and the ultimate ethical test.