Future Ready

Future Ready® is the way WSP helps clients see the future more clearly and design for it today.

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What is Future Ready

WSP Future Ready® originated from our UK business and is now a global strategic planning and design methodology.

Using a research led, evidence based approach, WSP Future Ready® enables clients to understand the future more clearly in a way that allows people to take meaningful action today. 

We analyse future trends through four lenses

Future Ready® leverages primary and secondary research to understand the future implications of key global and local trends across climate, society, technology and resources, and the implications on the built and natural environment.

The New Zealand Future Ready® Megatrends are updated on an ongoing basis. They provide an evidence based overview on the most important trends impacting the built and natural environment over the next 20-70 years. 

Climate

How will your project, infrastructure, or community hold up against the effects of global warming, flooding and rising sea levels, and more disruptive storms? 


New Zealand Megatrends:

Wetter, wilder and more extreme weather

Sea level rise

Drier and hotter

Greater risk of forest fires

Society

The way we move around our cities, the way we design our neighbourhoods, and the way we plan infrastructure are all impacted by changes in social and cultural norms.

New Zealand Megatrends:

Ageing and population diversity

Increasing loneliness

Obesity epidemic

Changing workforce

Technology

The speed of technological advancement has no historical precedent. It is upsetting almost every industry in every country, and the breadth and depth of changes is transforming entire systems of production, management, and governance.


New Zealand Megatrends:

Modular and accelerated construction

Smart cities

Multi-modal transport

Smart data and cyber security

Resources

By changing our thinking on how we produce what we need, we can create an economy that allows us to do so much more, with less.


New Zealand Megatrends:

Decarbonisation

Circular economy

Sustainable practices

Water management

Research & Thought Leadership

By designing for the long – as well as the short term – and by sharing our approach and insights, we progressively help cities, communities and clients get ready for the future. Ready for rapid urbanisation, ready for heavier rainfall and hotter temperatures, and ready for a more connected world.

WSP Future Ready® thought leadership provides you with access to our network of over 50,000 local and global experts, as well as articles, papers and webinars.

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WSP New Zealand’s partnership with The Helen Clark Foundation 

WSP and The Helen Clark Foundation have partnered to share expertise and resources to deliver an evidence-based perspective on social issues. Read more about the partnership here.

 

Helen Clark Post Pandemic Future Series

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Still Alone Together

WSP and The Helen Clark Foundation have released an update to the ground-breaking 2020 report Alone Together that looked at the impact of loneliness on the people and communities of Aotearoa.

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The Shared Path: people not cars at the heart of communities

How low-traffic areas in Aotearoa’s cities can decarbonise transport, save lives, and create the connected urban communities we need in a post-pandemic future.
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Decarbonising Transport Series

WSP has created a thought leadership series, Decarbonising Transport to support the Helen Clark Foundation The Shared Path released earlier this month.
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Contact Our Future Ready® Team

Nicole Tucker
Director - Brand, Clients and Markets
New Zealand
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Rowan Dixon
Principal Specialist - Sustainability & Resilience
New Zealand
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Nicola Sutherland
Future Ready® Programme Manager
New Zealand
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