It’s been my experience (and others, I’m sure) that community colleges are often at the leading edge of change. They …
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The Great Recession as an enabler of changing values
Typically recessions are bad news for changes of any type. They tend to induce a degree of paralysis--a hunker down, cut …
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Needs values and worldviews
ConsumerShift takes the point of view that values changes are the single best indicator for gaining insight into the …
Entering Season 8 of Teaching about the Future
I've had the good fortune of entering my eighth year teaching in the UH Futures Studies program. It was a goal of mine …
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The best values are context appropriate
One of the dangers of a developmental approach is that it appears hierarchical and implies that the “top” is the best. A …
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Foresight as a field
I’ve noted my plunge into the foresight literature in support of my topic “Integrating Forsight into Organizations.” …
Distinguishing Core Values
Core values are those most important to us. To refresh, ConsumerShift defines values as “An individual view about what …
Where do our values come from?
We ultimately choose our values…but there are lots of influences trying to guide us to the “correct” values. As …
Call to Foresight Practitioners: Publish, Please!
Part of my task in doing my dissertation on Integrating Foresight into Organizations for Leeds Metropolitan …
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The Emergence of Integral Values
While the mainstreaming of postmodern values is the headline of ConsumerShift, the emergence of integral values is …
From Modern to Postmodern Values
We talked about how traditional values are not going away in the postmodern world and remain alive and well. Modern …
Why Change our Values?
Because, to put it bluntly, “stuff happens,” and our current value system, for one reason or another, is judged to be …
Fitting Traditional Values into the Postmodern Consumer Landscape
A central assumption of ConsumerShift is that postmodern values are emerging as the primary shaping values of the …
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Introducing Four Types of Values for the Future
Having defined values in my last post, now is the time to describe the types of values shaping the future. I will cover …
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Defining Values in Light of Consumer Understanding
Values can be a controversial topic. In the political arena, the parties battle over who has the high ground on the …
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Introducing Integral Futures….Live
I posted a a couple of clips introducing Integral Futures (part 1 and part 2, about 2o minutes total) taken from the UH …
More Fun with Evaluating Forecasts
I have written and posted on how forecasting is generally more accurate than at least the media would have you believe …
A Framework for Thinking about the Future
Andy Hines & Peter Bishop, Thinking about the Future, 2007. One of the more useful frameworks we've adopted at …
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The Foresight Tool Kit: Causal Layered Analysis
Thought it would be interesting to share an example of an application of one of the newer futures methodologies, Causal …
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Vision without Discipline Is a Daydream
Do you recognize this quote attributed to the late Alexander Haig? I wouldn’t have expected to be attracted to his …
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Futurists: Insiders or Court Jesters?
I'm thoroughly enjoying the research into my dissertation on "Integrating Foresight into Organizations" with Jeff Gold …
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Nominating Most Important Futures Works
The Association of Professional Futurists is about to re-launch it's Most Important Futures Works campaign. Members are …
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Looking Back on the Coming Values Transformation
As a futurist in training in the late 1980s, I came across what could be called a “transformation literature” centered …
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More Energy Futures
I shouldn't be surprised that the future of energy is a popular topic here in Houston. Just wanted to thank my friends …
Books about the Future
Had a few inquiries about good foresight books lately, so figured it was time to post the bibliography of foresight …
Where Do You Get Your Best Ideas?
A favorite exercise I use in working with groups is to ask the question above. I've done it hundreds of times. The …
Thinking about the Future of Change and Communications
Did a lunchtime talk "On the Front Lines of Change" for my friends at IABC (International Assn of Business …
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Assessing the Future of Values
The marketing for my upcoming book on the future of consumers values is not far away. The manuscript has been proofed …
Finding a Beachhead for Foresight
I recently taught our week-long Certificate course in Strategic Foresight in Brussels. It was a great group who was …
Another take on Future of Work Surprises
I really enjoyed the commentary "A Dozen Surprises about the Future of Work: Implications for Workforce …
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