Andy’s Recent Content
Why Futurists Fail … in their forecasts
Last week we talked about some typical resistances to information about change we see on the client or public side. Lest we get arrogant and focus on “them” being at fault, let’s take a look at some problems from the futurist side. UH Foresight alum Mary Jane Naquin reminded me of a wonderful piece that […]
Sources of Resistance to Information about Change
Last night we had a class in World Futures on wildcards in which we reviewed Oliver Markley’s wonderful piece that includes sources of resistance to information about wildcards. As I reviewed this list, I couldn’t help but think that these sources of resistance seem pretty applicable as sources of resistance to information about change in […]
Stretching our Scanning: Snowball Scanning
I’ve been getting a lot of requests lately to “help us stretch our scanning.” It’s something we’ve been thinking about for a while. In Spring 2018, we dedicated our annual Spring Gathering to “scanning the fringe.” We started playing with the idea of snowball scanning a few years ago. “Snowball Scanning?” I owe the thought […]
ABOUT ANDY HINES
Dr. Andy Hines is Associate Professor and 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.