APF colleague Matthew Henry pointed me in the direction of Simbi, which is essentially a bartering site in which “you …
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Changing Sense of Place, Part 1
Changing sense of place is a potential emerging discontinuity I’ve been using with groups lately. On the …
Let’s talk about success
I was happy to see my paper “Let’s Talk about Success: A Proposed Foresight Outcomes Framework for Organizational …
Balanced View of Emerging AI & Automation
One the one hand, “we are at an inflection point—the early stages of a shift as profound as that brought on by the …
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Commons or Commodities?
We might think about two polar opposite and perhaps extreme visions of the “after capitalism” future: commons, in which …
APF Most Significant Futures Works Winners 2017
One of my favorite things to do each year is to coordinate the APF’s Most Significant Futures Works program. This year …
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Future readiness for students
The Future of Student Needs 2025+ work sponsored by Lumina Foundation brought up potential shifting purpose of higher …
Thinking about the Future in the UAE
I am very pleased to announce that I’ve reach an agreement with the Future Foresight Foundation to translate the 2nd …
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Updating Framework Foresight with Six APF Competencies
We at Houston Foresight are very excited by the publication of APF’s Competency Model. As teachers of Foresight, we need …
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Reflecting on APF’s 15th Birthday at Seattle Gathering
A survey of 300 futurists back in 2000 found that 54% agreed on the need for a professional association…which means that …
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Foresight Competency Model published in WFR
What do futurists need to know how to do? The APF’s Foresight Competency answers that in a new article: Building …
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Scanning the Fringe: The Signals Are Talking
At Houston Foresight, we’ve announced that our Gathering next spring will be on “Scanning the Fringe.” So I’m looking …
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Differentiating new equilibrium from the baseline
We’ve had some fun with archetypes before. Time again! A fun aspect of the foresight community is that futurists are …
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Masters of Transition?
I’ve been involved in Summer chats with students about their progress in the program and about the future in general. …
Announcing “Scanning the Fringe”
On the heels of a very successful "Good Futures Work" meeting, the Houston Foresight program is ready to announce next …
Good Futures Work
The Houston Foresight Program is having its annual Spring Gathering this weekend on the theme of “Good Futures Work.” I …
Four Futures After Capitalism
An interesting set of scenarios “after capitalism” from “Four Futures: Life After Capitalism.” The two key …
Futurist as voice of reason
There are a lot of different roles for the futurists. In a previous post, we discussed the roles of letting go, …
Geeking out on Three Horizons
Just finished Bill Sharpe’s Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope, 2013. I often refer to a slide below as my “desert …
Advancing Corporate Foresight
I am very pleased to have nominated “Corporate Foresight” by Rene Rohrbeck and his colleagues for an APF Most …
Postcapitalism: It isn’t just the economy
I’m grateful to Andrew Curry for the recommendation for Paul Mason's Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future. My journey …
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Whiplash: A Tale of [One of] Two Worlds
As a consumer of future visions, one is typically offered one of two main dishes: the super-fast, blurry, world of …
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Horizon timing
We have no shortage of big issues ahead: the Singularity, post-capitalism, possible ecosystem collapse. These are …
Reflecting on Futurists in Media 2016
As futurists, we learn to be patient and take the long view. So, when something catches our attention, we catch our …
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Futurist as Public Voice
I was glancing through the posts to our Futurists in Media project, and I noticed the strong presence of two …
Don’t be a meatbot
My elegant title suggests a simple strategy of looking at the unfolding pathway of automation and don’t follow a …
Next Economy: Is It Really Different This Time?
I finally got to Carlota Perez’s, Technological revolutions and financial capital: The dynamics of bubbles and golden …
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Looking ahead on City View
I had a nice opportunity to talk about the future with host Art Rascon on his City View community affairs television …
Your story and your work
How does your life story fit with your work? That question stuck with me after reading Bob Johansen’s “Get There Early.” …
Foundations of plenty challenged
Continuing on the next economy theme this week with The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was …