Andy’s Recent Content
Methodologies in Futures Studies and Foresight: A State of the Art and Future Directions
Every now and then I get a respite from administrative work to write an in-depth piece about my true love — the work we do as futurists. I am grateful to colleagues Gabrielle Rizzo and Tony Masys for providing me this opportunity giving me a chapter in their new Handbook of Foresight, Strategy, and Futures […]
More, More, More Varieties of Capitalism
Do more alternatives emerge as a sign that something healthy or dying? Think y’all know where I stand, but you be the judge! My first alternatives list in 2021 had 38 varieties. The 2024 included in the Imagining After Capitalism book had 85. Today we are at … 113. Granted, these are not all thoroughly […]
Inside the Futurist’s Mind: Drivers: How to Craft Scenarios from Foresight Research
Every strong foresight project starts with clarity — and that begins with the domain map. How do professional futurists actually build the future they describe? Drivers are the building blocks of the future, and this video shows how futurists turn piles of weak signals and trends into the core ingredients of powerful scenario work. In […]
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.
