ABSTRACT
People, products and ideas are starting to move faster and faster in every direction, and society is facing unprecedented challenges. In order to deal effectively with the future, corporates must absolutely learn how to manage two equally inevitable conditions: uncertainty and risk. The future is not written, but remains to be done. It is multiple, indeterminate and open to a wide array of possibilities. It is not just a matter of change happening faster and faster, it is a matter of impact, of the influence change has on the network of individuals and organizations. The future seems more unpredictable, more unexpected than ever, whereas if corporates look back, the paths leading up to these many presents appear strongly intertwined. The discontinuity of change and the nonlinearity of responses disrupt continuity with the past and announce a singular future. The term "singularity" has different meanings, depending on context.
