It's nice to seen that the good folks at Filene Research Institute, a think tank for the credit union industry, has made …
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Sharing as another indicator of consuming less
Another post on the trend to consuming less -- I sense a trend here. I came across an excellent piece on the topic by …
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Values shift to consuming less
A key theme of ConsumerShift is that the emergence of postmodern and integral values would lead to less emphasis on …
Big Data, Cities, Simulations and the Future
I read an interesting piece in the Sunday NY Times a few weeks ago called “SimCity for Real” Measuring an Untidy …
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Jay Gary Guest Lecture on Professionalization
We were very pleased to have Jay Gary, PhD, Assistant Professor at Regent University’s Strategic Foresight program was a …
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America sacrifices the future for the present
“Instead of sacrificing the present for the sake of the future, Americans now sacrifice the future for the sake of the …
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Future of Values Annotated Bibliography
I'm happy to share the annotated bibliography of key sources for ConsumerShift. It could come in handy for those doing …
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3D Printing: A technology to bet on?
Futurists often get asked to speculate on a technology that we think will “take off” in the next…..say decade. Having …
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Simulation, gaming, and the foresight tool kit
Looking forward to the APF (Assn of Professional Futurists) annual Gathering “Play” from May 2-4 in Orlando. The theme …
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Talking Points on Integrating Foresight into Organizations
I recently gave a webinar based on my dissertation on integrating foresight into organizations to an informal group of …
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A Futurists Journey TedX Talk
I am pleased to share my TedX talk: A Futurist's Journey that explains how foresight is used through the perspective of …
Foresight and the Clash of the Timeframes
In this morning’s New York Times, I came across three stories relating to the future and the public sector. The story …
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Timing and the Future
It’s been said that timing is everything….and the future is no exception. I recently came across a story “Future …
Myths and the Future
Elizabeth Rudd of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) recently shared a link to a nice piece in Strategy …
Does lobbying have a future?
Warning: speculative thought piece ahead. In a workshop a while back, in the course of the discussion, I heard myself …
Great review of Teaching about the Future
Here's a great review of Teaching about the Future. It comes from Jay Gary of the Regent University Strategic Foresight …
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Podcast on Being a Futurist
I recently did a podcast on what it's like to be a futurist and various other futurist-related topics. The interview was …
PhD: The Role of an Organizational Futurist in Integrating Foresight into Organizations
I am very pleased to be able to share that I've completed my PhD on "The Role of an Organizational Futurist in …
ConsumerShift Now Available on Kindle
I'm happy to note that Consumershift is now available in digital format on Amazon. It's been a year since its release …
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The role of values in interpreting values
Came across an interesting example of how two analysts/organizations looking at the same data can interpret it quite …
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Postmodern values and women in leadership
Came across an interesting post on "golden skirts" which noted that "the European Union has walked back from a …
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The commodity identity continuum
One of the interesting insights that emerged from Consumershift was the commodity-identity continuum. It suggests that …
Foresight and being right
We’ll avoid the whole “did you get the future right” discussion here. [See "how accurate are your forecasts?" if that’s …
Some thoughts on World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Values
It’s good news that values are on the agenda of the World Economic Forum, with the formation of a Global Agenda Council …
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The Futurizers
I gave an "overview of the future" talk this weekend (should have a link to the video soon) and concluded it by …
Foresight Maturity Model nominated as a Most Significant Futures Work
I am very pleased to have nominated the work of my colleague, Terry Grim of the Foresight Alliance, on the Foresight …
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Talking about the Future
I recorded a podcast with Thunderstruck Radio last week on a wide range of topics about the future. Host Sancho Jones …
Values and football
I am a big New England Patriots football fan (US football, not soccer). I grew up outside of Boston and have maintained …
Applying alternative foresight approaches
Building off last week’s post on foresight and intuition….and the great fun I’m having with our Alternative Perspectives …
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Foresight and intuition
I recently enjoyed a great listserv conversation with colleagues from the Association of Professional Futurists (one of …