Curious about how professionals really “see” what’s coming next? At the UH Foresight Program, we’ve had the privilege of …
How Degrowth Will Save the World
I finally got to the brilliant Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel. It is exquisitely …
Rules of Foresight, Part 1
Note: I’m thinking of an occasional series of some key aspects of foresight, which I can in return relate to the future …
Houston Foresight Turns 50
"We are still here," cried special guest Morpheus at the UH Foresight 50th Anniversary Celebration from May …
The Road to After Capitalism: Opportunity in Chaos
Few would deny that we are in a period of chaos. Perhaps fewer would believe that this is actually an excellent time to …
Continue Reading about The Road to After Capitalism: Opportunity in Chaos →
Three Guiding Images of After Capitalism
Three major themes came through as central to images of After Capitalism: environmental; social and political; and …
Continue Reading about Three Guiding Images of After Capitalism →
It’s Really Hard to Get Out of the Current System Straitjacket
In After Capitalism, we acknowledge and do not under-estimate how clever the current system is at saving itself. Reform …
Continue Reading about It’s Really Hard to Get Out of the Current System Straitjacket →
The Comfort Trap in Foresight
We specialize in introducing foresight to people and organizations to foresight at the University of Houston Foresight …
Mastery as a Guiding Philosophy
It’s been a decade now that I’ve been leading the Houston Foresight Program. We’re preparing the next generation of the …
Why Foresight?
I’m sure every futurist has been asked this question. Maybe lots of times. We may have developed a stock answer. We may …
What Is a Preferred Future?
Oh wow, a definitions discussion … how exciting. Bear with me. I think there is some juicy stuff here! We futurists all …
Futurists Carrying the Fire
There is no doubt that the work of the futurist can be frustrating. We see opportunities or threats ahead but our advice …
Introducing Foresight: A Community of Practice Approach
It’s been great to see the rise of Communities of Practice in the Foresight field. They are popping up both within …
Continue Reading about Introducing Foresight: A Community of Practice Approach →
What will we do in post-work? Everything!
I’ve thought a lot about what we might do in the post-work future of After Capitalism: One response, captured here, …
Continue Reading about What will we do in post-work? Everything! →
Check out the Open Foresight Hub! (Drivers included)
The Open Foresight Hub is an exciting new development for all we futures information hounds. It’s a wiki devoted to …
Continue Reading about Check out the Open Foresight Hub! (Drivers included) →
Building Foresight Credibility
It doesn’t take long into a session of what foresight needs before we get to awareness and credibility. It’s been the …
Ranking After Capitalism Drivers
A few years ago, readers helped me select the final After Capitalism drivers. I’m [finally] finishing up addressing the …
Houston Foresight at the WFSF 50th Anniversary
I was fortunate to spend last week with my University of Houston Foresight friends in Paris at the World Futures Studies …
Continue Reading about Houston Foresight at the WFSF 50th Anniversary →
The State of Thinking
You might recall a post about “it’s okay to think big.” I need to backtrack and get back to the basics of the state of …
Foresight’s Last Mile Challenge
One of the biggest changes I’ve seen in foresight practice in more than three decades of work is the shift to more …
Red Pill Futures
"All I'm offering is the truth" -- Morpheus in The Matrix But he offered so much more -- an image of a future in …
Why Foresight
It was great to catch up with my old PTIS packaging foresight buddies at our last Strategic Foresight Boot Camp. PTIS …
State of Foresight in US Higher Ed
In a word, the state of foresight in US higher ed is … precarious. Only a few programs have been able to maintain a …
Four challenges of working at the local level
Most of the ideas I’ve seen for an After Capitalism future put a heavy emphasis on the local level. Most of it comes …
Continue Reading about Four challenges of working at the local level →
Houston Archetype Technique Updated
Not new, but updated ... as promised in a previous post. To recap, for several years we and our audiences at the …
Continue Reading about Houston Archetype Technique Updated →
Top Ten Drivers of the Future 2023
We all love lists. I posted a drivers list a year-ish ago. I thought it would be fun to revisit and see if anything …
It’s Cool to Be a Futurist
One of the biggest changes in the field that I’ve seen in over 30+ years is that futurists are now practically popular. …
Longtermism and the futures ecosystem
“What We Owe the Future” lays out a case for longtermism by one of its leading proponents, Oxford philosopher William …
Continue Reading about Longtermism and the futures ecosystem →
Understanding, Mapping, and Influencing the Future
What do we teach about the future? What does one need to know to be an effective futurist? The six steps of our basic …
Continue Reading about Understanding, Mapping, and Influencing the Future →
New Foresight Advisory Board
I am pleased to share our new Foresight Advisory Board. They are going to help with the program strategic plan, which …