I am so excited about this year's APF’s Annual Gathering, which will explore how the Maker Movement, Social …
“Moments of Impact” Makes an Impact
It’s always such fun to see someone you know come out with a book that you really like! Indeed, I recently received a …
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An Eighth Characteristic of the Future Economy: New Measures of Success
I put the previous characteristic or virtualization as “near certainty” barring collapse. I’m a bit less certain on this …
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A Seventh Characteristic of the Future Economy: More Virtual
Virtualization of work and the economy is pretty much inevitable, barring a near civilizational collapse. The momentum …
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A week-long certificate course in Strategic Foresight
Peter Bishop and I are offering our 4th annual certificate course in Brussels on June 2-6 in conjunction with our …
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Revisiting “Thinking about the Future”
I'm real grateful to John Smart of FERN for helping me get Thinking about the Future into electronic format and getting …
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Values shifts, innovation, and Integral
Clients are most often curious about values shifts as they seek new understanding about their current or new customers …
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Interview with The Innovator’s Ezine
Just had a nice interview with Doug Berger of Innovate that was published in his "Innovator's Ezine." The publication's …
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Foresight Jeopardy
Learning should be fun, right? And how can one resist the "gamification" trend? Indeed, we have been incorporating more …
Some thoughts on APF as it explores its future
The APF (Assn of Professional Futurists) has been discussing its future as part of our strategic planning process. It …
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A Sixth Characteristic of the Future Economy: More Local
There are all sorts of indicators suggesting a growing preference for things local. It’s part of the long term values …
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A Fifth Characteristic of the Future Economy: Sustainability
Sustainability has been on a long journey from the fringes to the mainstream of society. The discussion has shifted from …
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Another Futurist in the Public Voice Role
Thanks to UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Alum Satyamoorthy Kabilan for starting a conversation on The Future Of …
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APF Most Significant Futures Work Nomination: Aspirational Futures
I am very pleased to have nominated “Aspirational Futures” by Clem Bezold for an APF Most Significant Futures Work …
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APF Most Significant Futures Work Nomination: Think Like a Futurist
I am very pleased to have nominated “Think Like a Futurist” by Cecily Sommers for an APF Most Significant Futures Work …
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A fourth characteristic of the future economy: “openness”
There will be more opportunities for more active participation in the economy through small business & …
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Revisiting Last and First Men and Starmaker, Part 2
Our protagonist from First & Last Men moves on to the cosmos, travelling to other solar systems and worlds, in …
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Revisiting Last and First Men and Starmaker, Part 1
I’ve been on kick of re-reading “futures classics,” having gone through Future Shock and Panarchy (well, maybe that’s …
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Sacred Values and the Values Types
I had the luxury of a free Sunday morning to soak in the New York Times (yes, it should be a necessity!) and came across …
A third characteristic of the economic future: “smartness”
I’m not exactly jumping out on a limb here! Let’s put a little description on smartness. In my talk, I suggested …
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Foresight methods and “overlap”
A point that has come up several time in Alternative Perspectives class this semester that foresight perspectives and …
A second characteristic of the economic future: bifurcation
To bifurcate is “to divide or fork into two branches.” I am not suggesting this is a good thing, but simply that it is …
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The Economic Transition Landing: Hard, Bumpy, or Soft?
There are different views among futurists and others about the nature of the [economic] transition. Futurists, of …
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What do we call the Next Economy?
In my previous post on “Planning for Two Economic Futures” I promised to provide some of the names that have been …
Planning for two economic futures
Just gave a talk on the future of the economy for the NORA summit. NORA (Northeast Oklahoma Regional Alliance) a …
Do all futurists have clients?
I’ve heard variations on the following come up periodically when talking about the future: “Not all futurists are in the …
The value add of foresight in understanding mapping and influencing the future
As promised in a recent post, some thoughts on the value-add of understanding, mapping, and influencing the future. I …
Are we inhibiting the change we are trying to bring about?
I’ve doing more reading in the area of influencing the future (see post on understanding, mapping, and influencing). …
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Some thoughts on enterpreneurship
I am featured as one of ten entrepreneurs in a piece called Lighting the Way: 10 Successful Entrepreneurs Share Their …
Understanding, mapping, and influencing the future
In our Teaching about the Future book, we noted that our curriculum is roughly organized into Understanding, Mapping, …
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