David Bent @davidbent.bsky.social

To be honest, I'm now mostly on BlueSky. You can follow me there: bsky.app/profile/davidb…. Or, subscribe to my regular(ish) WeekNote on SubStack: exploringwhatsnext.substack.com Good luck everyone!

my friend and colleague @davidbent wrote this about Britishness and his local chippy. Have a read! x absurdintelligence.com/what-could-be-…

NEW UPDATE. As predicted, the 3 days a week with Absurd Intelligence has made a regular WeekNote harder. INITIATIVES -Scaling up sustainable innovation: @cisl_cambridge event. -@UCL_ISR: 'Responding to Abundance: Yes, and…' Absurd Intelligence exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-mont…

NEW EPISODE of Innovation for Sustainability. Julie Blane and Carmel Rafaeli are the Founding Partners of The Table, a community of investors focused on increasing investment into climate ventures where there is at least one woman on co-founding team. davidbent.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/inn…

EVENT REPORT: Good faith arguments against 'post-growth'. -Ecosystem thinking for a post-growth future. -Good faith arguments against: their responses, and my list. -New framings needed. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/event-report…

NEW WEEKNOTE w/c w/c 21 & 28 April 2025, covering CATALYST & ENABLER -Services offered: could you use a strategist/futurist/facilitator? INITIATIVES -Assembly Dialogues 0/DETECTING -'The Rift': new Chatham House research cycle -'Speak Up' Agency launch exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

NEW WEEKNOTE w/c 31 Mar 2025. -How can a climate innovation hub deliver the most impact over the next 3-5 years? -Do MAGA hate Europe because they fear we can succeed with progressive values? -Trump tariffs: careful what you wish for. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

WEEKNOTES for w/c 17 & 24 Mar 2025. 'CATALYST & ENABLER' MANAGEMENT -2025 Intentions -Job feedback INITIATIVES -Venture Partner,Conduit Connect 0/DETECTING -Trump as derailment _event_ -Rise of new religious practices and/or new religions? exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

Hey so yesterday @thameswater asked us to remove all photos of our visit to their HQ from our website, and the whole internet, by 5pm. We would like to ask CEO Chris Weston, on the record, to remove all the shit from our waterways. How about by 5pm today Chris?

NEW WEEKNOTES WEEKNOTES w/c 10 Mar, covering: 0/DETECTING Operating in a world where Trump is setting the weather. ATELIER MANAGEMENT 2024 Results -Progress on the story I want to be able to tell. -Progress on KPIs. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 10, 17, 24 Feb, & 2 Mar This week covers: ATELIER MANAGEMENT -From 'getting by' to 'existentially revived'. INITIATIVES -Hard investigations: responding to the risks we're in. -Becoming a Venture Partner at Conduit Connect. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

NEW ATELIER POST. It has been a head-spinning and heart-stopping few weeks. I've not had a chance to produce a WeekNotes. Here is a talk I gave in 2019 which, amongst other things, says we cannot assume the US will underpin the global order any more. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/holding-post…

Ooh, I know the answer to this one. It is in large part because the market structures Neil's party did nothing to address during 14 years in office mean gas plays a much bigger role in setting wholesale power prices in the UK than they do in many other economies.

NEW WEEKNOTE w/c 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2025, covers: -Looking for roles. INITIATIVES -CUSP bulletin: exploring hopefully. -Using Time Well: ending gracefully. -Podcast UK's first electric fishing boat 0/DETECT -Recovering technocrat -Avoiding overwhelm exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

NEW EPISODE: #Innovation for #Sustainability for @UCL_ISR. Hans Unkles on how (and why) he was first person to convert a diesel fishing vessel to fully electric. Inspirational story of a master craftsman wanting to make a difference. davidbent.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/inn…

NEW WEEKNOTES w/c 20 Jan 2025, by @davidbent: -Immortal Address in memory of Robert Burns: 'in uncertain times, live life as artistic expression'. -Investment principles for the next ten years: 'industrial revolutions on a deadline'. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

The historical track record of "breakthrough technologies take a really long time to be adopted outside their initial clusters" is so damn strong

Various supporters of the previous Tory government are blaming green policies for our gas storage cruddy. It was their government who let the Rough gas storage facility close in 2017. It’s about the folly of privatisation, not net zero.

NEW WEEKNOTE Nov and Dec 2024. Apologies for the delays. This time: 0/DETECTING -Talk: Navigating arapidly changing world. -Domineering finance: we missed the moment. exploringwhatsnext.substack.com/p/atelier-week…

Huge thanks to @LondonCandles. I wanted to give people candles at a dinner for my late wife. But I realised late. @LondonCandles went out of their way to make sure I got the candles in time, even though it was a small order. #appreciate