Andy’s Recent Content
The State of Houston Foresight 2026
Once more unto the breach! My 13th year at the helm of the University of Houston Foresight program is kicking off. Seems like a good time to report in on where we are at. Students: Looks like 70-ish students this fall (10 graduated and 20+ new students). We’ve been in this range the last several […]
Commies and Commons
It is hard to talk about alternatives to capitalism without hints of socialism or communism. You could argue that economic systems are organized based on individuals (capitalism), collectives (communism) or hybrid (socialism) In exploring After Capitalism, we are going to be using the word “commons” a lot more. That does not make us “commies.” There […]
AI Fulfilling the Promise of Knowledge Management?
More experienced (aka older) readers might recall the Knowledge Management movement of the 1990s and 2000s. In short, better tagging and organizing of data would make finding and applying knowledge easier and be a competitive advantage. Turns out those pesky human workers didn’t cotton to the idea of sharing their knowledge into a database for […]
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.
