Teaching

26. Alternative Perspectives on the Future, Graduate, UH Fall 2012

25. Impact of Modern Technology on Society, Undergraduate, UH Fall 2012

24. World Futures, Graduate, UH, Spring 2012

23. Impact of Modern Technology on Society, Undergraduate, UH Spring 2012

22. Social Change, Graduate, UH, Fall 2011.

21. Impact of Modern Technology on Society, Undergraduate, UH Fall 2011

20. Seminar in Futures Studies, Graduate, UH, Spring 2011

19. Impact of Modern Technology on Society, Undergraduate, UH Spring 2011

18. Futures Research, Graduate, UH, Fall 2010.

17. Impact of Modern Technology on Society, Undergraduate, UH Fall 2010

16. Seminar in Futures Studies, Graduate, UH, Spring 2010

15. Futures Research, Graduate, UH, Fall 2009.

14. Social Change, Graduate, UH, Fall 2008.

13. Systems Thinking and Analysis, Graduate, UH, Spring 2008

12. Forecasting for Technology Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate, UH, Summer 2007

11. Strategic Planning and Visioning, Graduate, UH, Spring 2007

10. Futures Research, Graduate, UH, Fall 2006

9. Scenarios and Visions, Graduate, UH, Spring 2006

8. Human Ecosystems & Technological Change, Undergraduate, UH, Summer 2005

7. Forecasting for Technology Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate, UH, Summer 2006

6. Introduction to Futures Studies, Graduate, UH, Fall 2005

5. Human Ecosystems & Technological Change, Undergraduate, UH, Summer 2005

4. Technology Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate UH, Summer 2005

3. Human Ecosystems & Technological Change, Undergraduate, UH, Spring 2005

2. World Futures, Graduate, UH Clear Lake, Spring 2005

1. Seminar in Futures Studies, Graduate, UH-Clear Lake, Summer 2004

Hinesight

Within you or Without You: The “System” and the Future of Higher Education May 22, 2013
I recently gave a talk on the future of higher education for “Technology Learning Conference” at the University of Houston-Downtown. Much of the material came from a project with a foundation exploring the future of higher education to provide context for developing a strategy for achieving its vision of significantly increasing the percentage of adults [... […]
Andy Hines
Foresight success? May 13, 2013
I did a five-minute “Little Big” at the APF “Play” Gathering on May 3rd in Orlando. I called it “A Framework for Discussing Success.” The ideas emerged from dissertation and I am planning to write a journal article on it, but for now here are the main ideas. I reviewed the foresight literature to see […]
Andy Hines
16 things that made me go hmmm at APF’s “Play” May 7, 2013
Thought I’d share some musings from my experience at the APF “Play” gathering. Borrowing from the old C&C Factory song, here are 16 Things That Made Me Go Hmmm.(I’m not attributing as I don’t want to misquote anyone or get them in trouble) LVC for types of simulation: Live players – football practice; Virtual – people […]
Andy Hines
Reflections on the Future of Cities April 29, 2013
The Houston Futures extended family gathered for a weekend of futures fun on April 12 and 13. While a key purpose is to give students, prospective students, alums, faculty and friends a chance to socialize and network in person, there was also plenty of good discussion about the future. The topic theme on “city making” […]
Andy Hines
Futurist: specialist or generalist? April 22, 2013
A prospective student raised a question about specialization in foresight in a recent APF listserve conversation. This question is also a frequent one of our Houston Futures grad students. We discussed the question recently in Pro Seminar and did a ”personal branding” exercise to help us think through how we want to present ourselves to […]
Andy Hines
Future of Knowledge Work April 18, 2013
I have a new article that I put together with my frequent collaborator Chris Carbone of Innovaro on the Future of Knowledge Work published in Employment Relations Today. It explores how knowledge work is being reshaped by a variety of social and technological forces that together will alter how it is distributed, organized, and performed in […]
Andy Hines
Thinking about the Future….soon to be re-stocked April 16, 2013
So sorry if you’ve gone to Amazon and seen Thinking about the Future selling for over $2,011.22. Of course, feel free to buy it at that price . Unfortunately, it recently went out of stock and I was not notified. I will re-stock when I get back in Houston on Wednesday and it will be […]
Andy Hines
What do we call it? April 12, 2013
It’s been great to hear growing interest in developing the field and profession of _______, um, what do you call it? I looked at this question in my dissertation and found it has received intermittent attention over the years (Cornish, 1977; Horton, 1999; Becker, 2002; Schwarz, 2005; Amsteus, 2008; Sardar, 2010; Masini, 2010; Marien, 2010; […]
Andy Hines
Glass Houses April 5, 2013
A great post by “The Consumerist” on a social-media driven issue on Future of Artificial Dyes in Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Mary Beth Quirk tells the story of how two bloggers triggered an online petition with over 270,000 signatures that led to a meeting between the bloggers and Kraft. Here’s a telling quote from the […]
Andy Hines
A Futurist Elevator Speech April 2, 2013
Someone asked me recently for my elevator speech on “what is a futurist?” Basically, if someone asks you what a futurists is, what’s your 30-second response. [And we require our students in the futures studies program to do one.] I’ll confess that I am not consistent, and that there are a whole bunch of calculations I […]
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