The tour on the road to after capitalism stops today at Unilever, prompted by an outstanding Cold Call podcast that had …
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The Greenest Commercial Building in the World
Now that’s the kind of ambition needed for the transformation to After Capitalism. The building is the Bullitt Center in …
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After Capitalism talk
I am happy to share a 30-minute version of my After Capitalism research. I did this last year for the 20th symposium in …
Four challenges of working at the local level
Most of the ideas I’ve seen for an After Capitalism future put a heavy emphasis on the local level. Most of it comes …
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The hard questions are not data questions
As we think about the future After Capitalism, one tempting approach is to pursue AI, Big Data, and the like to find the …
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After Capitalism Website
Introducing the After Capitalism website A place for all things “After Capitalism.” A key reason is to promote the …
Cavalier about collapse? Consider X-events
Our preliminary research at Houston Foresight into how domains evolve over the Three Horizons suggests collapse is not …
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Use productivity for more or less?
So, we meet again. Another opportunity to decide how we want to use productivity gains on the road to After Capitalism. …
Scharmer’s Eco-System Approach fits After Capitalism
This semester in our Alternative Perspectives course at Houston Foresight, we ran into Otto Scharmer a couple of times, …
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After Capitalism is not an ism
This-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, …
Top Ten Drivers of the Future 2023
We all love lists. I posted a drivers list a year-ish ago. I thought it would be fun to revisit and see if anything …
What questions should organizations be asking about After Capitalism?
I was so pleased to speak and discuss After Capitalism with a major corporation yesterday. It’s the first talk directly …
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ChatGPT and After Capitalism
Last week we discussed how we’d be looking for examples of how After Capitalism is already emerging. BTW, I would …
Emerging into After Capitalism
I’ve frequently run into the quip that it is easier to imagine end of the world than the end of capitalism. It’s not …
Libraries at the Center of After Capitalism?
I am not sure my library friends are asking for this, but I see a vital role for them in the longer-term future of After …
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Know Yourself and Know Your Audience
It’s been a few years since I taught Alt Perspectives, and I was excited to get back to it, and in particular into …
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Imagining After Capitalism Article
The journey continues. The plot thickens. I have a nice overview article of Imagining After Capitalism that has just …
Accountability and Action
Sometimes the most useful tools are the simplest. In workshops, I sometimes do a “start, stop, continue” activity as we …
Utopia … No Thanks
I am a futurist, but I love history. They are cousins after all. As we explore the possibilities for After Capitalism, …
To work or not to work
That is the question ... may I offer “post-work” as the answer? The Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting are …
Lessons from the Red Tsar
A few weeks ago I published a piece on benevolent authoritarianism as a possible alternative to the prevalent preferred …
After Capitalism on FuturePod
It was great to hash out some After Capitalism with Australian futurist Peter Hayward on FuturePod. For those not in the …
Does After Capitalism emerge organically?
Does After Capitalism emerge organically? This idea has been rattling around in my brain since reading the excellent sci …
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Could After Capitalism be authoritarian?
Most of the After Capitalism concepts I investigated suggest the pathway and form of governance would be local, …
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Is the Great Resignation the start of the Great Opt-Out?
No, probably not. I think most of the resigned will scurry back to work when the money runs out. But not all. And there …
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Future of Values
This week I’m sharing a podcast I did with futurist Joanna Lepore on the future of values. It's a favorite topic of mine …
Capitalism has a development problem
The problems with capitalism are not the same everywhere. After Capitalism focuses on what many are calling late-stage …
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After Capitalism: Why Now?
Ten years ago my journey to After Capitalism began. My grad students, in particular GA Christopher Manfredi, got excited …
Redistribution is Possible but Fairness is Impossible
The outrage about the pretty mild student loan forgiveness program gives us a pretty good indication of the depth of the …
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Let’s not demonize capitalism on the road to after capitalism
It may serve we supporters of After Capitalism to tamper down the rhetoric on the evils of capitalism. (I know it’s not …
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