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 …
Are American values universal?
I came across a blog post by commenting on Congressman Paul Ryan saying that Preventing Gay Marriage Part of America’s …
Teaching about the Future is here!
The second book-writing collaboration between Peter Bishop and myself has produced a new textbook, Teaching about the …
Know your foresight audience
During class last night on visualization techniques, a discussion emerged around when to try these techniques and with …
Values and consumption
Saw a piece “European Automakers Face Diminished Future” and checked it out to see if there might be a “values” …
Futurists’ focus on the outside neglects its own inside
Futurists routinely make the point to clients that they are so focused on their own industry and its trends and …
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Great list of books on global education
I was forwarded a list: 14 Best Books about Global Education [link removed per organization's request, sorry] and it is …
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New Values Types Summary Graphic
Could no longer avoid the Saturday morning to-do list item: "create summary graphic of values types described in …
India experiencing the transition to modern values
The Pew Center, always an excellent source of data, posted some useful data on the status of India’s economy and society …
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Zero Energy House: A Soft Path Indicator?
The New York Times ran an interesting piece Zero Energy Construction Crosses the Ocean on “passive house,” or …
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Seven Grand Challenges for Consumer Products Companies for the Next Decade
Had to pull together some thoughts recently on what ConsumerShift implied for consumer products companies. Here’s the …
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The Future of Youth Happiness
BeInkandescent just re-ran a piece I did a few years ago on the Future of Youth Happiness that summarized a consulting …