Last week we tackled the pressure to bring in research dollars. This week we confront a classic chicken-and-egg problem …
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Foresight in the university world: Research
I'm thinking of a series of unofficial random musings about the state of foresight in the university world, as I begin …
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Trends in Foresight Methods
I came across a very nice paper posted to the APF list: Emerging Practices in Foresight and Their Use in STI Policy, by …
Is better better?
What’s on my mind here is the potential perniciousness of ubiquitous feedback/performance rankings/predictive …
Shifts in teaching the future
Teaching should not stand still of course, but it is part of an academic mission is to stay true to what is the core of …
Houston Foresight Fall Semester Reflections
It’s time to turn grades in (and deal with the last-minute pre-deadline submissions) at the Houston Foresight program. …
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Thinking about futurists and jobs
Jobs have been on my mind lately. I’ve been looking through job descriptions as part of my work on the APF …
The push and pull of the future
We reviewed Sohail Inayatullah’s Six Pillars in Alternative Perspectives class last night. The first pillar, mapping, …
The value of a foresight education
I recently posted some findings on the Houston Foresight blog from an alumni survey. The survey was undertaken as a …
Houston Foresight Students Win APF Recognition Awards
I am so proud to share that Houston Foresight students won first, second, and third place of the Individual Graduate …
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Houston Certificate Travels to Brussels
The Houston Foresight Week-Long Certificate program is making its 5th annual visit to Brussels in partnership with the …
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WFS Master class: Introduction to foresight
I am pleased to be teaching the “Introduction to Foresight” class at this summer’s World Future Society Assembly in San …
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Ten Books for Prospective Futurists
If you had to suggest ten books that a prospective futurist should read – starting from a tabula rasa (limited or no …
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Places to Intervene in Higher Education
Had a fascinating discussion last night with a team advising Lumina Foundation on its compelling and ambitious Goal 2025 …
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Future of Education: Goodbye, Summer Vacation
I squeezed onto CNBC yesterday with a few comments as part of "Will the college bubble burst: …
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Recapping Houston Foresight at WFS 2014
The Houston Foresight Community was once again well-represented at the WFS/AFP annual summer meetings. This time it was …
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“Beam” Me Up
I was turned on to what looks a pretty cool advance in telepresence by Jason Hartgrave, who attended our week-long …
A week-long certificate course in Strategic Foresight
Peter Bishop and I are offering our 4th annual certificate course in Brussels on June 2-6 in conjunction with our …
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Revisiting “Thinking about the Future”
I'm real grateful to John Smart of FERN for helping me get Thinking about the Future into electronic format and getting …
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Do all futurists have clients?
I’ve heard variations on the following come up periodically when talking about the future: “Not all futurists are in the …
A Vision for the Houston Foresight Program
I acknowledge that I feel like the guy who succeeded Steve Jobs – anyone remember who that was? Exactly! The good news …
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Bragging on students
I am just so pleased to see two of our best UH Foresight students -- Heather Schlegel and Jim Breaux -- recognized for …
An Insider’s Guide to Foresight Consulting at World Future Society
I’m very pleased to offer the 2nd annual “Insider’s Guide To Foresight Consulting” day-long workshop at the World Future …
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Within you or Without You: The “System” and the Future of Higher Education
I recently gave a talk on the future of higher education for “Technology Learning Conference” at the University of …
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Reflections on the Future of Cities
The Houston Futures extended family gathered for a weekend of futures fun on April 12 and 13. While a key purpose is to …
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Futurist: specialist or generalist?
A prospective student raised a question about specialization in foresight in a recent APF listserve conversation. This …
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Teaching about the Future is here!
The second book-writing collaboration between Peter Bishop and myself has produced a new textbook, Teaching about the …
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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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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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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