On the back of a keynote I delivered in Hong Kong a few weeks ago, to a global catering company that produces 2 billion meals per year, I took a look at 2015’sFood Trends and this list was the starting point for a great segment with David Dowsett on ABC Wide Bayradio, looking at:.

The window between a signal arriving and it demanding a response is shortening. 2015’s Top 9 Food Trends is already shaping strategy conversations in forward-looking organisations. Treating it as a future concern rather than a present one builds a preparedness gap that will have to be closed under pressure.

The most important question is not whether 2015’s Top 9 Food Trends will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.