Andy’s Recent Content

Houston Foresight Turns 50
“We are still here,” cried special guest Morpheus at the UH Foresight 50th Anniversary Celebration from May 1-3. Higher education has not been kind to foresight programs. Ours is the first grad program dedicated to foresight to make it to 50 years. Many have come and gone over the years, and we had our own […]

The Role of Values in After Capitalism
With the proverbial magic wand, and one change to make to facilitate the transformation to After Capitalism, I choose …. Shifting Values! Regular readers know I’ve been championing values shifts for some time (see Consumershift). I also cite Donella Meadows work on leveraging systems change, which asserts that that paradigm shift is the most effective […]

Solnit: Hope in the Dark
We have discussed what we futurists and change agents might do in the current turbulence … we believers in After Capitalism know that we have a long and challenging road ahead. It may be tempting to fall into either cynicism or despair. And, on queue, I get a recommendation from UH Foresight student Sarah Brooks […]
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.