It seems that each time I teach Integral Futures as part of Alternative Perspectives class, at least one student really …
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It seems that each time I teach Integral Futures as part of Alternative Perspectives class, at least one student really …
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Let me begin with proper credit to Professor Jim Dator for the concept [Jim Dator, Alternative Futures at the Manoa …
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The graphic has the drivers in the rectangles. This is from a project on the future of knowledge work we did about ten …
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Last time we talked about the different approaches we used to develop inputs to create the ingredients for the baseline …
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These are a few of my favorite things (humming Sound of Music). I have been doing all three a lot lately, and talking …
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With the history on hand, let’s now dig into some fairly significant process tweaks we’re implementing in Framework …
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Framework Foresight is the core method we use to teach students how to explore the future. It is deliberately designed …
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After our scan hit sharing session, which I shared about last week, we jumped into the formal program. Let’s focus on …
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The Houston Foresight community devoted a day to Scanning the Fringe for its 2018 Spring Gathering on April 14th. In …
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One of the sessions at this weekend’s “Scanning the Fringe” event hosted by the Houston Foresight program with the …
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I’m sure there a mixed feelings at a conference when it’s time for the futurist session. What is a futurist …
This question emerged in a working session on the future of US and Mexico relations. In good Framework Foresight …
One of the great challenges of foresight work has been to establish a consistent ongoing horizon scanning system within …
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I was happy to see my paper “Let’s Talk about Success: A Proposed Foresight Outcomes Framework for Organizational …
One of my favorite things to do each year is to coordinate the APF’s Most Significant Futures Works program. This year …
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We at Houston Foresight are very excited by the publication of APF’s Competency Model. As teachers of Foresight, we need …
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What do futurists need to know how to do? The APF’s Foresight Competency answers that in a new article: Building …
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We’ve had some fun with archetypes before. Time again! A fun aspect of the foresight community is that futurists are …
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The Houston Foresight Program is having its annual Spring Gathering this weekend on the theme of “Good Futures Work.” I …
Just finished Bill Sharpe’s Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope, 2013. I often refer to a slide below as my “desert …
We have no shortage of big issues ahead: the Singularity, post-capitalism, possible ecosystem collapse. These are …
Not surprisingly, we discussed uncertainty during Futures Research class this semester. Hugh Courtney’s 20/20 Foresight: …
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I’m happy to share that my collaboration with [former] design student (and now Dr.) Danilo Zindato exploring the uses of …
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I had the opportunity to share some thoughts on my experience using scenarios for the 7th Session of the International …
We come to the week in Alternative Perspectives class where we see how far one’s embrace of alternative extends. We call …
One of my favorite things to do each year is to coordinate the APF’s Most Significant Futures Works program. Each year, …
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I explored this question as part of my dissertation research a few years back from the perspective of the organizational …
I came across a very nice paper posted to the APF list: Emerging Practices in Foresight and Their Use in STI Policy, by …
Our design expert on the Houston Foresight team, student Maria Romero, is at it again. After doing a beautiful job with …
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Our ProSeminar class had a visit last week from a dozen Norwegian students studying under futurist Derek Woodate. We did …