“Future economy” program designs for a prime minister’s office in the Middle East government
The challenge was identifying strategic technology sectors where the country could realistically lead globally, despite structural economic limitations. This required aligning national strengths, government capability, and emerging tech opportunities to design programs that could accelerate innovation, competitiveness, and global influence.
Cambrian Futures and select members of its network of senior advisers worked with a prime minister’s office in the Middle East to help identify ten key emerging cognitive, deep and geotech program designs , in which the national economy, facilitated by the central government, could establish itself as a global best-in-class thought and design leader. Based on an analysis of the nation’s strengths and weaknesses in the global economy, our team and partners developed twelve recommendations for innovative program concepts that, with government support, could put the country at the forefront of key fields, including crypto, data, carbon and climate technologies This was a follow-on project for the same overall client, as Cambrian had earlier also crafted a digital economy strategy for a separate state secretary in the same Prime Minister’s office.