For years I’d been relying on the World Values Survey data that showed that when one is poor more money increases …
An Eighth Characteristic of the Future Economy: New Measures of Success
I put the previous characteristic or virtualization as “near certainty” barring collapse. I’m a bit less certain on this …
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Values Shifts and the Future of Happiness
Came across a nice post The Future of Happiness -- Up or Down? by Deepak Chopra on the Huffington Post site. He starts …
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Millennials at the postmodern and integral transition
The Sunday New York Times had a piece on Millennial Searchers that sought to dispel the myth that they are lazy, …
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The Future of Youth Happiness
BeInkandescent just re-ran a piece I did a few years ago on the Future of Youth Happiness that summarized a consulting …
Emerging Need State 15: Pursuit of happiness, aka well-being
Evaluating product, service and experience offerings in terms of how they contribute to my—and in many cases my …
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Research into assessing values
Secondary research plays a key role along with primary in understanding the future consumer landscape. It is challenging …
The Future of Education: Less Class Time, More Learning Time
Enjoying talk to packed house at the Future of Our Children: Identifying the Issues Impacting Children sponsored by The …
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Value Shifts and Happiness Recipes
A reader comment on an earlier post, Happiness is in our Choices, prompted me to think more about the role of values …
Sandrine: A Poster Child for Emerging Values Shifts
In researching the emerging values shifts for my upcoming book with No Limits Publishing, I'm always eager to come …
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Happiness in your Choices
A futurist colleague based in Australia, Sohail Inayatullah, posted a piece in a local paper about happiness, which was …