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A futurist perspective on coolhunting
I recently did an interview on coolhunting: weak signals, trends, and fads for icoolhunt. I can imagine some of my …
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Speculative fiction and the future
An interesting post on “speculative fiction” and the future suggests 15 novels that were best at forecasting the future, …
Houston Futures Certificate Alums featured in The Futurist
I was happy to see that two of our week-long Certificate in Strategic Foresight alums were recently featured in …
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Are postmodern values enough?
In my file of “interesting ideas” I had stashed a nice blog post called “free your mind” from the YES website – a quite …
Values changes suggest not buying stuff is not temporary
Josh Allen Dykstra in Fast Company recently explored “why millennials don’t want to buy stuff.” He noted that “the …
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Emerging Need State 23: Expanding accountabilities
Holding partners to high standards such as the triple bottom line, community contribution, shared values and …
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Emerging Need State 22: The truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Preference for the unvarnished truth, which increases credibility “The truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth” …
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Emerging Need State 21: Trusted partners for the new insecurity
Requiring trusted partners in turbulent times, with the economy, terror, resource shortages, environmental issues, …
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Is Homo Economicus in decline?
A few comments on an interesting brief post How the 'Free Market' Is Consuming Our Values on a book by Harvard professor …
Emerging Need State 20: Making a difference
Looking for ways to make a tangible difference rather than the pursuit of idealistic grand schemes “Making a …
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Emerging Need State 19: Global citizens
Thinking of the ramifications one’s goals and activities beyond national borders with a genuine concern for planetary …
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The Evolution of Integral Futures @ WFS
Here are the slides from the session that Terry Collins and I did at the WFS Toronto conference on the Evolution of …
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An Insiders Guide to Foresight Consulting
Hello to all who attended the workshop that Riel and I gave today (and hello to regular blog readers as well!). Here are …
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Workshopping and Speaking at World Future Society this weekend
I'm heading off to the World Future Society's Annual Conference in Toronto this weekend. I previously posted about the …
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Emerging Need State 18: Trust the network
Placing trust in one’s extended personal network or a "crowd sourced" community of interest over traditional …
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Emerging Need State 17: Community support
Requiring that partners provide local distribution of benefits and/or are investing in the community “Community …
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To Organizational Futurists: Enter the Fray!
An interesting learning from my dissertation on the role of organizational futurists in integrating foresight into …
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Emerging Need State 16: Local preference
Valuing local origins to support local community as well as reduce environmental impacts “Local Preference” is the …
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Emerging Need State 15: Pursuit of happiness, aka well-being
Evaluating product, service and experience offerings in terms of how they contribute to my—and in many cases my …
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Resilience and the Future of Everyday Life
I’m pleased to recommend Houston Futures graduate Jim Lee’s new book Resilience and the Future of Everyday Life. Jim …
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Futurist an awesome job….that most haven’t heard of
Houston Futures alum and new futurist at Disney Emily Empel brought my attention to a piece, 7 Jobs You’ve Never Heard …
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Emerging Need State 14: I am not a consumer
Demanding to be treated as a whole person, not just a statistic that makes purchases “I am not a consumer” is the …
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Emerging Need State 13: Reinventing the self
Continuing desire to expand one’s skills, capabilities, and purposes “Reinventing the self” is the fourth of six …
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Houston Futures Studies at the World Future Society General Assembly 2012
The University of Houston’s Futures Studies program—as always--is well-represented at this year’s World Future Society …
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Emerging Need State 12: Systematic and consistent
Looking to fit products and services into larger lifestyle, values, and sense of purpose “Systematic and consistent" …
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Emerging Need State 11: Identity products, services, and experiences
Investing great time, attention, and money in offerings seen to be important to one's identity, while price shopping on …
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Alternative Perspectives on the Future
I'm pleased to be able to offer a new elective in our Futures Studies Master's program this fall called "Alternative …
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Emerging Need State 10 Help me help myself
Looking for opportunities for co-creation with tools, templates, and advice in product and service offerings “Help me …
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Some support for ethical consumption
My friend and colleague Christopher Kent of the Foresight Alliance pointed me to a post by the GfK Roper Consulting …
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