My friend and colleague Christopher Kent of the Foresight Alliance pointed me to a post by the GfK Roper Consulting …
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ConsumerShift review
My professional futurist colleague and long-time Association of Professional Futurists member Jim Pinto has just posted …
A cop out on change?
I wonder if y’all have been having the experience where we talk about future changes and developments and the audience – …
Emerging Need State 9: Living in real time
Opening up to spontaneously take advantage of opportunities as they arise “Living in real time” is the third of three …
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Emerging Need State 8: Investing time like money
Time is valued as more precious than money and is approached with an investment mentality “Investing time like money …
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Global Foresight Books recommends ConsumerShift
I was pleased to see Global Foresight Books has listed ConsumerShift as one of its recommended business books. Global …
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Emerging Need State 7: Wherever whenever whatever
Going beyond traditional schedules and timing to being available when needed “Wherever whenever whatever ” is the …
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Emerging Need State 6: Getting real with the virtual
Seeking assistance in incorporating the growing presence of the virtual into one's life “Getting real with the …
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Some thoughts on the workforce of the future
Some thoughts on the workforce of the future for BeInkandscent e-zine, such as how the recession (and other negative …
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Some thoughts on narcissistic leaders
A grad student asked me to take a look at Michael Maccoby’s Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails. As I …
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Emerging Need State 5. Performance Enhancement
Applying science and technology to improve performance Performance Enhancement is first of two emerging need states …
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Emerging Need State 4. Less Is More
Valuing the chic of pushing the envelope toward more sustainable lifestyles “Less is more” is the fourth of the four …
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Emerging Need State 3. The Simplicity Premium
Appreciating the extra work and elegance that goes into simple offerings The Simplicity Premium is the third of the …
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Talking Energy and Environment in Houston
I enjoyed being a [small] part of The Texas Tribune Festival On the Road: A Symposium on Energy and the Environment held …
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Emerging Need State 2. Au Naturale
Preferring natural solutions where available Au Naturale is the second of the four need states at the core of our …
Emerging Need State 1. The authenticity premium
Pursuing the pure and unadulterated, not tainted by marketing spin and packaging The authenticity premium is the …
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Video link for Designing the Future of Houston
Urban Development & The Future of Houston Friday, April 6th, 2012 at 8:00 pm Sunday, April 8th, 2012 at 5:30 …
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Designing the Future of Houston
Just taped an episode of Houston8 on the future of Houston that will air on Friday night, April 6th at 8:00pm (and will …
Introducing seven meta-needs for the next decade
Now we come to the final touch in our description of the process of creating the emerging need states in ConsumerShift. …
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A Framework of Situations for Need States
How might the universals needs we've identified earlier fit in with daily life? We need a generic framework of …
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Summing the universal needs
I jumped the gun in my last post in suggesting we could move directly to the situation-specific needs. First, it would …
Amazon “Hall of Famer” Reviews ConsumerShift
It was great to see that Robert Morris, a "Hall of Fame" Amazon and "Top 50 All-Time" Reviewer has posted a review …
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Where the need states come from: Part 1, approach to universal needs
In ConsumerShift, Maslow’s hierarchy is used as the primary source of universal human needs. His system has been the …
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Turning attention to values and need states
We have focused a lot of attention on the mechanisms of values changes over the last year. I’d like to shift gears a bit …
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Size Matters: Scale in the Ecosystem of Work in the Future
Dan Pink's Free Agent Nation was, and still is, an appealing concept for thinking about the future of work. Many of us …
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Planning for Renewal in The Upside of Down
Futurist colleague (and my former Professor) Oliver Markley recommended Thomas Homer Dixon's The Upside of Down: …
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Exchanging ideas about organizational foresight
I’m looking forward to talking about ConsumerShift to the member organizations of the Learning Forum's Foresight Council …
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[filling a gap in the]…..role of human behavior in foresight
I came across an interesting paragraph relating to our future of values topic in a place, well, I wouldn't have …
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An Insiders Guide to Foresight Consulting workshop
I'm pleased to be offering a one-day workshop on foresight consulting with my professional futurist colleague Riel …
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World Future Society Reviews ConsumerShift
A helpful review of ConsumerShift has been posted by professional futurist Jim Lee on his World Future Society blog. Jim …
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