I’m teaching a class on Social Change this semester in the Houston Futures program. The class was developed by Peter …
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Geoengineering on the horizon?
One of my alert grad students at the Houston Futures Program, Dennis Coffey, sent me a nice piece -- The business of …
Values Deep Dive: Authenticity
Authenticity is one of the core postmodern values identified in ConsumerShift. It is defined in the New Dimensions …
Yergin’s Quest suggests energy future won’t be too different in twenty years….
....although things could get interesting after that, due to the long lead time required for significant changes in the …
The Future of Professional Associations
I'm looking forward to talking with the American Association of Law Librarians next week at their Future Summit. They …
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World of work portends greater flexibility, and greater uncertainty
Enjoyed my presentation at the High Tech Conference at Lone Star CC on Friday. I gave my "Dozen Surprises about the …
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Are values universal?
Values, along with their accompanying needs and worldviews are universal in the sense that they apply across geographies …
Talking values at the APF V-Gathering
I'm going to do a talk on the future of values at the Association of Professional Futurist's upcoming V-gathering. APF …
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Teaching about the Future is on its way!
I'm pleased to say that Peter Bishop and I are about to submit the first draft of our second book together to Palgrave …
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The Future of Values and Identity
The point has been made that changing consumer values are central to ConsumerShift because they are the best single …
Great forecasting! 1991 Scientific American Computing, Communications, & Networks
Futurists are often asked for examples of how their work "got it right." I even wrote a paper answering the question …
Talking on Future of Work at Lone Star College High Tech Conference
I'm talking about "A Dozen Surprises about the Future of Work" at 9am.... Lone Star College-Montgomery Hosts …
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Three worlds of values: values change is not just about changing values
Huh? My postings have emphasized the newly emerging postmodern and integral values. These are surely changing the …
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Five Key Changes in the Future Consumer Landscape: #5 Enoughness
ConsumerShift identifies the changing consumer values and external trends that are remaking the consumer landscape. Five …
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Five Key Changes in the Future Consumer Landscape: #4 Self-Expression
ConsumerShift identifies the changing consumer values and external trends that are remaking the consumer landscape. Five …
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Changing Values and “Enoughness” Suggest Economic Stimulus Won’t Work
Economic stimulus is in the news a lot. A recent New York Times piece noted that: "Since the economy began to falter in …
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Five Key Changes in the Future Consumer Landscape 3: Anti-Consumerism
ConsumerShift identifies the changing consumer values and external trends that are remaking the consumer landscape. Five …
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Five Key Changes in the Future Consumer Landscape 2: Connection
ConsumerShift identifies the changing consumer values and external trends that are remaking the consumer landscape. Five …
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A CASE for change: Authenticity
A “rethink” of values is underway and described in ConsumerShift. At the core of the rethink are shifts toward …
Lone Star College High Tech Conference Explores the Future of Work
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 …