When we explain our four archetype scenarios, often someone will ask whether there is a pattern in how the four …
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Progress Report on Virtual Classes
Last semester we took the bold step of doing away with the physical classroom and conducting all classes virtually via …
Using scenarios
I had the opportunity to share some thoughts on my experience using scenarios for the 7th Session of the International …
Graphic of Houston Foresight Scanning Process
Our design expert on the Houston Foresight team, student Maria Romero, is at it again. After doing a beautiful job with …
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Can I get a job as a futurist?
Yes, but it ain't easy! It’s the number one question on the mind of prospective foresight students. Futurists are …
2045: What would you put in a time capsule?
So what would you put in a time capsule today to be dug up 30 years from now? That question framed a thirty minute …
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The World in 2050…. in Ten Minutes
How do you do that? Well, pick a few themes, and it helps to have a good graphic facilitator (Trent Wakenight). I took …
Fun with scenario archetypes
I have been messing around with and shared some actual work on using scenario archetypes. Let me begin with proper …
The Future of Energy: A Theatrical Production
I recently watched a debate on Energy Independence. The characters were: Evil capitalist drilling guy Benevolent …
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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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Concluding the Future of Knowledge Work
Knowledge work is emerging as the central focus of developed economies, with emerging markets making forays into it as …
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Future of Knowledge Work: Personalized Professions
Personalized Professions describes a “transformation" scenario archetype [see description below] Successful new …
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Thinking about Predictive Analytics
My interest in predictive analytics was first piqued by a presentation by Garry Golden at the 2008 APF Gathering on Big …
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Future of Knowledge Work: Socially-Centric Work
Socially-Centric Work describes a “new equilibrium” scenario archetype [see description below] Digitization and the …
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Future of Knowledge Work: Back to Basics
Back to Basics describes a “collapse” scenario archetype [see description below] Innovative approaches to knowledge …
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A few thoughts on Infinite Progress
A colleague referred me to Byron Reese, the author of Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End …
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Knowledge Work Drivers: Models
The research & scanning for the “Future of Knowledge Work" led to the identification of more than 120 trends that …
Future Knowledge Work Drivers: Spaces
The research & scanning for the "Future of Knowledge led to the identification of more than 120 trends that were in turn …
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Drivers of Change in the Future of Knowledge Work
The research for the future of knowledge work project -- upon which our article in Employment Relations Today was based …
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Milestones in the Development of Knowledge Work
This is the second in a series of posts about the future of the knowledge work. They are based on an article I did with …
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An Eighth Characteristic of the Future Economy: New Measures of Success
I put the previous characteristic or virtualization as “near certainty” barring collapse. I’m a bit less certain on this …
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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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Future of Knowledge Work
I have a new article that I put together with my frequent collaborator Chris Carbone of Innovaro on the Future of …
Jay Gary Guest Lecture on Professionalization
We were very pleased to have Jay Gary, PhD, Assistant Professor at Regent University’s Strategic Foresight program was a …
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3D Printing: A technology to bet on?
Futurists often get asked to speculate on a technology that we think will “take off” in the next…..say decade. Having …
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Zero Energy House: A Soft Path Indicator?
The New York Times ran an interesting piece Zero Energy Construction Crosses the Ocean on “passive house,” or …
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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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Yergin’s Quest suggests energy future won’t be too different in twenty years….
....although things could get interesting after that, due to the long lead time required for significant changes in the …
Great forecasting! 1991 Scientific American Computing, Communications, & Networks
Futurists are often asked for examples of how their work "got it right." I even wrote a paper answering the question …
More Fun with Evaluating Forecasts
I have written and posted on how forecasting is generally more accurate than at least the media would have you believe …