Margaret Rose is a lawyer qualified to practice in the English-Speaking Caribbean since 1995, and specializing in public procurement law. Currently doing doctoral research at the University of Bath exploring complexity theory, public health procurement, and public policy implementation.

She calls herself a "Legal Futurist" using the term not in the usual sense of thinking about the intersection of the law and technology and how the latter is changing the former. Margaret defines Legal Futurism as the thinking around the future of law, legal practice and education and drawing on the work of non-legal disciplines such as scenario planning and change forecasting to focus on the human, social, economic, technological, and environmental forces of the future that may open up new legal opportunities and drive legal system change.

Over the last two decades, Margaret has founded and co-founded several social enterprises including the Caribbean Procurement Institute, the Caribbean Association of Procurement Professionals, Disclosure Today, an award-winning civic governance project digitizing Freedom of Information requests and connecting citizens with pro-bono legal services and U-Solve the host of the Global Challenges Retreat Community. For more info visit www.u-solve.org

Margaret now resides in the UK and focuses on helping lawyers and system thinkers navigate the drivers of change in the legal industry to facilitate the transition toward a safer, more just and ecologically resilient future. To learn more visit www.futurelaw.io Margaret’s background and global experience has given her a unique perspective on emerging economic and social trends as we emerge into this post pandemic world.

Click here to see my books at - https://www.amazon.com/author/derrenjoseph

But if you connect with me on LinkedIn and I will give you a link to download the ebook for free - http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/derren-joseph-ea/2/533/34

In terms of my background, my name is Derren Joseph and I am a part of a finance practice that works with entrepreneurs and expats doing business internationally. I am frequently asked for opinions that extend beyond taxation. It is not unusual for me to spend time with my clients and colleagues discussing socioeconomic trends and their impact on specific geographies and industries. The present pandemic is perhaps the single most important event of our lives. It will shape our world in unimaginable ways. I wrote a book in the hope that it may help entrepreneurs like you and my clients. Entrepreneurs who operate internationally and must now pivot and retool themselves and their teams for what is to come.

Of course, I must admit my more selfish motives. I too need to pivot and to adapt to the unfolding revolution. A revolution in the way we do business internationally. I wrote this book to improve my own chances of survival.

I decided to approach this in a more formal way than I normally would. Like many, I have read extensively, and I have tried to acknowledge this by naming those responsible for ideas that are not my own. What I have also done is spoken to people.

I have spoken to around 150 people in my network. Some are well known but most are not. What they all have in common is that they have done business across borders and in many cases, across several countries. They have also done so with some degree of success. I have captured a few of the interviews as videos such as the one you are watching but most spoke with me privately and I must therefore respect their privacy.

So where are we now? We are bruised, battered and scared. Scared of what awaits us.

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Margaret Rose is a lawyer qualified to practice in the English-Speaking Caribbean since 1995, and specializing in public procurement law. Currently doing doctoral research at the University of Bath exploring complexity theory, public health procurement, and public policy implementation.

She calls herself a "Legal Futurist" using the term not in the usual sense of thinking about the intersection of the law and technology and how the latter is changing the former. Margaret defines Legal Futurism as the thinking around the future of law, legal practice and education and drawing on the work of non-legal disciplines such as scenario planning and change forecasting to focus on the human, social, economic, technological, and environmental forces of the future that may open up new legal opportunities and drive legal system change.

Over the last two decades, Margaret has founded and co-founded several social enterprises including the Caribbean Procurement Institute, the Caribbean Association of Procurement Professionals, Disclosure Today, an award-winning civic governance project digitizing Freedom of Information requests and connecting citizens with pro-bono legal services and U-Solve the host of the Global Challenges Retreat Community. For more info visit www.u-solve.org

Margaret now resides in the UK and focuses on helping lawyers and system thinkers navigate the drivers of change in the legal industry to facilitate the transition toward a safer, more just and ecologically resilient future. To learn more visit www.futurelaw.io Margaret’s background and global experience has given her a unique perspective on emerging economic and social trends as we emerge into this post pandemic world.

Click here to see my books at - https://www.amazon.com/author/derrenjoseph

But if you connect with me on LinkedIn and I will give you a link to download the ebook for free - http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/derren-joseph-ea/2/533/34

In terms of my background, my name is Derren Joseph and I am a part of a finance practice that works with entrepreneurs and expats doing business internationally. I am frequently asked for opinions that extend beyond taxation. It is not unusual for me to spend time with my clients and colleagues discussing socioeconomic trends and their impact on specific geographies and industries. The present pandemic is perhaps the single most important event of our lives. It will shape our world in unimaginable ways. I wrote a book in the hope that it may help entrepreneurs like you and my clients. Entrepreneurs who operate internationally and must now pivot and retool themselves and their teams for what is to come.

Of course, I must admit my more selfish motives. I too need to pivot and to adapt to the unfolding revolution. A revolution in the way we do business internationally. I wrote this book to improve my own chances of survival.

I decided to approach this in a more formal way than I normally would. Like many, I have read extensively, and I have tried to acknowledge this by naming those responsible for ideas that are not my own. What I have also done is spoken to people.

I have spoken to around 150 people in my network. Some are well known but most are not. What they all have in common is that they have done business across borders and in many cases, across several countries. They have also done so with some degree of success. I have captured a few of the interviews as videos such as the one you are watching but most spoke with me privately and I must therefore respect their privacy.

So where are we now? We are bruised, battered and scared. Scared of what awaits us.

It is my hope that this book helps you as it has helped me. My message? It’s simple. You must diversify your lifestyle.

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