The 2013 John Orr Memorial Lecture was a huge success. The Lecture was presented by Clem Sunter, South Africa’s leading and most well-known global strategist and scenario planner.
The topic was: "The World and South Africa beyond 2013 - The latest scenarios, flags and probabilities.”
The Lecture was most interesting and, as always, Clem was delightfully entertaining and held the audience captive throughout his presentation. The venue was even overfilled with guests eager to listen to Mr Sunter.
The recording of the Lecture is available at the following link:
http://results.antfarm.co.za/saimeche/November_2013_01
Clem's presentation starts at about 9'45". He starts to get to the point about SA at about 47'.
In the distant past - Clem Sunter was a household name for his work on 'scenario planning' with Anglo American. Then he seemed to drop out of the limelight - but he actually just got VERY busy, as he tells you in this talk.
As discussed in the discussion below - the talk is 1 hour, and you can miss the first 10 minutes of intros - etc. He is the slightly tubby chap with an erratic laugh. WELL WORTH a LISTEN.
The scope of the discussion is very broad - so be prepared to listen to USA vs China, Europe vs The Rest, etc. etc. - but it is mainly about SA and their view of the future. If anyone is serious about thinking about coming to live here - it is REQUIRED LISTENING. Even if you are not - the whole concept of 'scenario planing' and what you intend to do about the 'most likely' future - make for VERY INTERESTING TALK.