I recorded a podcast with Thunderstruck Radio last week on a wide range of topics about the future. Host Sancho Jones …
Applying alternative foresight approaches
Building off last week’s post on foresight and intuition….and the great fun I’m having with our Alternative Perspectives …
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Foresight and intuition
I recently enjoyed a great listserv conversation with colleagues from the Association of Professional Futurists (one of …
Teaching about the Future is here!
The second book-writing collaboration between Peter Bishop and myself has produced a new textbook, Teaching about the …
Know your foresight audience
During class last night on visualization techniques, a discussion emerged around when to try these techniques and with …
Futurists’ focus on the outside neglects its own inside
Futurists routinely make the point to clients that they are so focused on their own industry and its trends and …
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Great list of books on global education
I was forwarded a list: 14 Best Books about Global Education [link removed per organization's request, sorry] and it is …
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Zero Energy House: A Soft Path Indicator?
The New York Times ran an interesting piece Zero Energy Construction Crosses the Ocean on “passive house,” or …
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The Future of Youth Happiness
BeInkandescent just re-ran a piece I did a few years ago on the Future of Youth Happiness that summarized a consulting …
A futurist perspective on coolhunting
I recently did an interview on coolhunting: weak signals, trends, and fads for icoolhunt. I can imagine some of my …
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Speculative fiction and the future
An interesting post on “speculative fiction” and the future suggests 15 novels that were best at forecasting the future, …
Houston Futures Certificate Alums featured in The Futurist
I was happy to see that two of our week-long Certificate in Strategic Foresight alums were recently featured in …
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Is Homo Economicus in decline?
A few comments on an interesting brief post How the 'Free Market' Is Consuming Our Values on a book by Harvard professor …
The Evolution of Integral Futures @ WFS
Here are the slides from the session that Terry Collins and I did at the WFS Toronto conference on the Evolution of …
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An Insiders Guide to Foresight Consulting
Hello to all who attended the workshop that Riel and I gave today (and hello to regular blog readers as well!). Here are …
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Workshopping and Speaking at World Future Society this weekend
I'm heading off to the World Future Society's Annual Conference in Toronto this weekend. I previously posted about the …
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To Organizational Futurists: Enter the Fray!
An interesting learning from my dissertation on the role of organizational futurists in integrating foresight into …
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Resilience and the Future of Everyday Life
I’m pleased to recommend Houston Futures graduate Jim Lee’s new book Resilience and the Future of Everyday Life. Jim …
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Futurist an awesome job….that most haven’t heard of
Houston Futures alum and new futurist at Disney Emily Empel brought my attention to a piece, 7 Jobs You’ve Never Heard …
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Houston Futures Studies at the World Future Society General Assembly 2012
The University of Houston’s Futures Studies program—as always--is well-represented at this year’s World Future Society …
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Alternative Perspectives on the Future
I'm pleased to be able to offer a new elective in our Futures Studies Master's program this fall called "Alternative …
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ConsumerShift review
My professional futurist colleague and long-time Association of Professional Futurists member Jim Pinto has just posted …
Talking Energy and Environment in Houston
I enjoyed being a [small] part of The Texas Tribune Festival On the Road: A Symposium on Energy and the Environment held …
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Video link for Designing the Future of Houston
Urban Development & The Future of Houston Friday, April 6th, 2012 at 8:00 pm Sunday, April 8th, 2012 at 5:30 …
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Designing the Future of Houston
Just taped an episode of Houston8 on the future of Houston that will air on Friday night, April 6th at 8:00pm (and will …
Planning for Renewal in The Upside of Down
Futurist colleague (and my former Professor) Oliver Markley recommended Thomas Homer Dixon's The Upside of Down: …
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Exchanging ideas about organizational foresight
I’m looking forward to talking about ConsumerShift to the member organizations of the Learning Forum's Foresight Council …
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[filling a gap in the]…..role of human behavior in foresight
I came across an interesting paragraph relating to our future of values topic in a place, well, I wouldn't have …
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An Insiders Guide to Foresight Consulting workshop
I'm pleased to be offering a one-day workshop on foresight consulting with my professional futurist colleague Riel …
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Fun with Futures Wheels
One of the important tools in the futurist tool kit is the futures wheel. It is similar to mindmapping that may be more …