Andy’s Recent Content

Choices in Your Practice: Builder or Separator?
I have spent more than 35 years as a professional futurist. I have given a lot of talks. I have listened to a lot of talks. Let me offer a suggestion on another way to listen to talks and what might you look for. And what it means for your practice. Most futurists will describe […]

After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q1 2026
Here is the first of the quarterly check-ins for 2026 on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. This is getting really interesting people. Analog lifestyles, new models for keeping good companies good, and youth movements … movement you say?? What a juicy set! (See Q4 2025 here.) Drum roll please! Tired of AI, […]

How Can I Be a Futurist?
What does it really mean to be a futurist? In this candid Q&A, Dr. Andy Hines — professional futurist, author, and Program Coordinator of the foresight program at the University of Houston Foresight— shares honest answers to the questions he regularly gets about his work: What does a futurist actually do? How do you become […]
ABOUT ANDY HINES

Dr. Andy Hines is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Foresight, bringing together the experience he earned as an organizational, consulting, and academic futurist. He is also speaking, workshopping, and consulting through his firm Hinesight.





