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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Values and personality
One of the questions that often comes up in talking about values is the relationship between values and personality? …
To Publisher or Self-Publish? That is the question!
Below is a tip I prepared for my friend and colleague Hope Katz-Gibbs at the BeInkandescent E-zine. Anyone thinking …
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Values and Global Warming
Our World Futures class in the UH Futures Studies program took a "field trip" to see Dr. S. Fred Singer present his …
ConsumerShift review: Consumer Trends and Values Shifting
My friend and former colleague Chris Carbone of Innovaro has posted some thoughts on ConsumerShift with a post; Consumer …
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Generations and values
In discussing the future of values changes and ConsumerShift, the question often comes up around the role of …
Values technology and the West Coast Truth
You might enjoy this radio interview I did with Russell Scott of the West Coast Truth radio program. We covered a wide …
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Spreading the word about ConsumerShift
As a reader of this blog, I'm assuming that you support the ideas about changing values presented in ConsumerShift. It …
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Tapping values as central to brand success
A new study by WPP Group’s global research agency Millward Brown and Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer of …
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A Postmodern Response to Fukushima Aftermath
The New York Times has a great piece, Japanese Take Food Supply into Their Own Hands, that provides an excellent example …
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Fun with Futures Wheels
One of the important tools in the futurist tool kit is the futures wheel. It is similar to mindmapping that may be more …
Strategic Foresight Certificate in Europe this Spring
We just finished teaching our week-long Strategic Foresight Course in Houston last week. A really great group. I'm sure …
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Guest blogging with 3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Just did a guest blog post "Future View: Aligning Offerings with Changing Values" for my friends at 3 Geeks and a Law …
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The Future of Values and Purpose
ConsumerShift holds that values are the key building blocks of our identity – who we think we are, what we believe, and …
Values, Public Relations, and Marketing Communications
I’m happy to note a contribution to the second edition of The Handbook of Strategic Public Relations and Integrated …
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Futurists as the Black Swans of Thinking about the Future
NOTE: I just produced a little "thought piece" for the Association of Professional Futurists newsletter that I thought …
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ConsumerShift nominated for APF Most Important Futures Works 2012
I am pleased to note that ConsumerShift was recently nominated for the Association of Professional Futurists' 2012 Most …
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Values Change Is More Implicit than Explicit
Gideon Gartner, the founder of Gartner, Inc. the technology research firm, recently asked the question, "As Lives …
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ConsumerShift featured in BeInkandescent
My friend and colleague Hope Katz-Gibbs just published a nice synopsis of Consumershift on here BeInkandescent ezine. …
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Values Change: The Why Is Important
The growing sophistication of consumers (aka "people'] at the leading edge of the value changes described …
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