You can take the horse to water, but you can’t make it drink! How many times have we futurists said this or something …
Top Ten Drivers of the Future?
I recently had the opportunity to brief a group on the key drivers shaping World Futures. I have taught a class by that …
2021 APF “Most Significant Futures Works” Winners
[NOTE: Sorry for the absence, but as you can see Hinesight got a much needed-facelift!] Back in 2007 I got together with …
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State of Foresight in the US Government
If you've heard me talk about the state of foresight over the last few years, you'll not be surprised by the …
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Futurists, get in the box!
For a lifetime we have heard, and likely been advising, that we and our clients should “get out of the box.” In …
Purposes of Foresight work and Time Horizons
What are the purposes of foresight work? Back in 2009 futurist Richard Slaughter attempted to answer that question by …
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Futurists and naming the field 2021
Here we are again -- having the "what should we call, or not call, our field?" conversation. Why does this keep coming …
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Foresight Slides for a Desert Island
You are exiled to a desert island and you were given permission to print out three slides to take with you. What would …
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The Houston Foresight Vision
We just finished our visioning module in Strategies class. So it seems time to review the vision of our beloved Houston …
Foresight Emotions: Hmmms, Oooos, Dangs, and No-ways
As futurists, we must pay strict attention to emotional reactions from our clients (and ourselves). Hmmms -- an …
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Scenarios start now
Sometimes those new to foresight get the impression that when we create 10-year scenarios, we are somehow just talking …
How foresight strengthens strategic planning
Can foresight help strategic planning? You betcha. We designed Framework Foresight to “feed” strategy, innovation, …
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The curse of the futurist
The curse of the futurist is "why is this change taking so long?" A year ago I posted “change is slower that we think.” …
Most Significant Futures Works Nominations Are In
/What a great crop this year for the APF Most Significant Futures Works Program! Fifteen works will be submitted to the …
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A Tribute to Futurist Richard Slaughter
The best tributes are those with the person being honored in a state of "alive and well." Thankfully, that is the case …
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Defining foresight
I recently had a presentation for a group new to foresight. I had a brief time to explain the “methodology” and in the …
APF Most Significant Futures Works 2021
The Association of Professional Futurists (APF) has just launched the nominations phase of the 2021 Most Significant …
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The STEEP Cheat: Build your Trend Inventory
Last time, we talked about our typical three-month project. We have four weeks to do the bulk of the scanning. That’s a …
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The typical three month foresight project
In our teaching as well as in our project work, we talk about the “typical” 3-month project. We joke that there is no …
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Who is the futurist’s work for?
Short answer: it’s you, not them. “You” is the person/group who hired the futurist. We are typically hired by …
Design Pizazz for the Framework Foresight Cone
The process is never done (see the last tweak). Sometime we get lucky with students who are not only supremely …
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“Final” After Capitalism Concepts
Nine years of multiple starts and stops (more stops), hundreds of scan hits, dozens of books, 84 blog posts, uncountable …
Scenario Based Strategy
I am still hunting for strategy books that team up with – or at least consider – foresight. I reviewed Thinking in Bets …
Scenario archetypes across 3 horizons
When we explain our four archetype scenarios, often someone will ask whether there is a pattern in how the four …
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APF Most Significant Futures Works Winners 2020
One of my favorite things to do each year is to coordinate the APF’s Most Significant Futures Works program. We recently …
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Futurist value proposition
Building on my Change is slower than we think post, can we take it a step further and revisit the futurist value …
Using the Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020
It was a great pleasure to work with futurist Richard Slaughter in curating the Knowledge Base of Futures Studies (KBFS) …
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Election “day after” student observations
We had Futures Research class about 24 hours after the elections results started coming in. We discussed some current …
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Futures Chain of Custody
There is no proof in the futures business! [This includes the sexy "future-proofing" concept making the rounds - not …
Sexy Foresight
I am pleased to see a collaboration with former guest student Alex Ferganani and friends captured in a new article in …