The Open Foresight Hub is an exciting new development for all we futures information hounds. It’s a wiki devoted to …
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The Open Foresight Hub is an exciting new development for all we futures information hounds. It’s a wiki devoted to …
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It doesn’t take long into a session of what foresight needs before we get to awareness and credibility. It’s been the …
A few years ago, readers helped me select the final After Capitalism drivers. I’m [finally] finishing up addressing the …
I was fortunate to spend last week with my University of Houston Foresight friends in Paris at the World Futures Studies …
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You might recall a post about “it’s okay to think big.” I need to backtrack and get back to the basics of the state of …
One of the biggest changes I’ve seen in foresight practice in more than three decades of work is the shift to more …
"All I'm offering is the truth" -- Morpheus in The Matrix But he offered so much more -- an image of a future in …
It was great to catch up with my old PTIS packaging foresight buddies at our last Strategic Foresight Boot Camp. PTIS …
In a word, the state of foresight in US higher ed is … precarious. Only a few programs have been able to maintain a …
Most of the ideas I’ve seen for an After Capitalism future put a heavy emphasis on the local level. Most of it comes …
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Not new, but updated ... as promised in a previous post. To recap, for several years we and our audiences at the …
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We all love lists. I posted a drivers list a year-ish ago. I thought it would be fun to revisit and see if anything …
One of the biggest changes in the field that I’ve seen in over 30+ years is that futurists are now practically popular. …
“What We Owe the Future” lays out a case for longtermism by one of its leading proponents, Oxford philosopher William …
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What do we teach about the future? What does one need to know to be an effective futurist? The six steps of our basic …
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I am pleased to share our new Foresight Advisory Board. They are going to help with the program strategic plan, which …
The headline "University of Houston one of twelve places in the world that offers degree in Foresight ..." recently …
Some of my more experienced colleagues might remember the Stephen Covey "habit" of "Begin with the End in mind." It gets …
Despite the foreboding title, this week I'm sharing a light "pop" article on me and the Foresight program at UH. It only …
One of the major obstacles to After Capitalism is stalemate. We are going to need to make some challenging decisions, …
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Had a blast sharing "A Dozen Tips for Thinking about the Future" for the Transforming Local Government Conference in …
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The outrage about the pretty mild student loan forgiveness program gives us a pretty good indication of the depth of the …
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It may serve we supporters of After Capitalism to tamper down the rhetoric on the evils of capitalism. (I know it’s not …
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What will the workforce of the future look like? I use a simple taxonomy that is focused more on the knowledge …
Houston Foresight seminar starts August 3rd! This 5 day, 100% virtual boot camp immerses you in the basics of …
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I just finished Wilkinson and Kupers’ very nice “The Essence of Scenarios: Learning from the Shell Experience,” which …
A description of what we do as futurists that I like: we help clients align with the emerging future (clients can be …
Houston Foresight had its annual [face-to-face] Spring Gathering two weekends ago for the first time in three years. Not …
This is one of the questions futurists wrestle with periodically. What is our proper purpose? Should we be helping our …
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As so often happens in the classroom, the best ideas come from the students. In a reflection on playing with a climate …