An Insider’s Guide to Foresight Consulting at World Future Society

I’m very pleased to offer the 2^nd annual “Insider’s Guide To Foresight Consulting” day-long workshop at the World Future Society General Assembly on Thursday July 18th in Chicago with my colleagues Riel Miller and Chris Carbone. This team should provide a real treat for audiences, as Riel and I did it ourselves last year and we’ve been fortunate to add Chris.

I, of course, have continued to split my time between teaching at the University of Houston’s Foresight Program and my consulting work via Hinesight. Riel is enjoying his position at the Director of Foresight at UNESCO after a long career as an independent consultant at Xperidox (among other things), and Chris oversees Innovaro, Inc.’s trend and foresight practice and manages its Global Lifestyles and Technology Foresight research projects. The different situations we come from and perspectives we bring should make for a rich experience for the audience. I really look forward to seeing this team in action.

We will cover similar ground as last year – from A to Z in foresight consulting — in which we blend together methods, tools, techniques, and case studies that range from basic diagnostic techniques to frameworks to subtle tips and insights learned from years of experience. And we’ll once again offer participants will have an opportunity to submit their own foresight projects for analysis by the instructor team. Hope you can join us! Andy

About Andy Hines

Dr. Andy Hines is Program Coordinator at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Foresight, bringing together the experience he earned as an organizational, consulting, and academic futurist. He is also speaking, workshopping, and consulting through his firm Hinesight.

Before that, he was Managing Director of Social Technologies/Innovaro, and served as an Adjunct Professor with the university since 2004. Hines enjoyed earlier careers as a consulting and organizational futurist. He was a partner with Coates & Jarratt, Inc., a think tank and consulting firm that specialized in the study of the future. He was also Futurist & Senior Ideation Leader at Dow Chemical with a mission of using futures tools and knowledge to turn ideas into new business opportunities. Before that, Hines established and ran the Global Trends Program for the Kellogg Company.

Hines is motivated by a professional hunger to make foresight practical and useful, and he believes that foresight can help deliver the insight that is so needed in today’s organizations and the world. His goal, he says, is to infect as many change agents as possible with this message. Thus, he has honed a skill set designed to make foresight more actionable in organizations.

In this pursuit, he has authored five books: Teaching about the Future: The Basics of Foresight Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012); ConsumerShift: How Changing Values Are Reshaping the Consumer Landscape (No Limits Publishing, 2011); Thinking About the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight (Social Technologies, 2007); 2025: Science and Technology Reshapes US and Global Society (Oak Hill, 1997); and Managing Your Future as an Association (ASAE, 1994) and has another in the hands of publishers: Teaching about the Future: The Basics of Foresight Education. He has also authored dozens of articles, speeches, and workshops, including the 2003 Emerald Literati Awards’ Outstanding Paper accolade for best article published in Foresight for “An Audit for Organizational Futurists” and the 2008 award for “Scenarios: The State of the Art.” He has appeared on several radio and television programs, PBS Houston, KRIV-26 News, and the CBS “Early Show.” He also co-founded and is former Chair of the Association of Professional Futurists.

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