After Capitalism Revisted on FuturePod | Hinesight....for Foresight

Peter Hayward, former leader of the great Foresight program at Swinburne that was shut down, has been doing the amazing Futurepod podcast for the last several years. My recent visit was episode 228 ,,, that’s a lot of talking about the future! [Links to podcast here]

Peter was kind enough to have me on to talk about the Imagining After Capitalism book before it came out about three years ago on Episode 149. One of his very smart and helpful ideas with Futurepod is to continue conversations over time, so not everything is a one-off. We got together and talked about what’s new. In particular, I shared some of the people and organizations I’ve been talking as a result of the book launching and how that suggests an interesting path forward. I’ve learned there is more going on that fits with After Capitalism than most of us are generally aware of. I intend to bring some of that to light going forward. As we futurists now change starts small on the fringe and it typically takes a long time for it to build and emerge.

One of the key points that came up is that we’re not at the stage of having a plan. We have a sense of direction, principles, and ideas about things we could do. And we need to start trying stuff and learning as we go. — Andy Hines

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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