Evaluating product, service and experience offerings in terms of how they contribute to my—and in many cases my …
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Resilience and the Future of Everyday Life
I’m pleased to recommend Houston Futures graduate Jim Lee’s new book Resilience and the Future of Everyday Life. Jim …
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Emerging Need State 14: I am not a consumer
Demanding to be treated as a whole person, not just a statistic that makes purchases “I am not a consumer” is the …
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Emerging Need State 13: Reinventing the self
Continuing desire to expand one’s skills, capabilities, and purposes “Reinventing the self” is the fourth of six …
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Emerging Need State 12: Systematic and consistent
Looking to fit products and services into larger lifestyle, values, and sense of purpose “Systematic and consistent" …
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Emerging Need State 11: Identity products, services, and experiences
Investing great time, attention, and money in offerings seen to be important to one's identity, while price shopping on …
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Emerging Need State 10 Help me help myself
Looking for opportunities for co-creation with tools, templates, and advice in product and service offerings “Help me …
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Some support for ethical consumption
My friend and colleague Christopher Kent of the Foresight Alliance pointed me to a post by the GfK Roper Consulting …
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A cop out on change?
I wonder if y’all have been having the experience where we talk about future changes and developments and the audience – …
Emerging Need State 9: Living in real time
Opening up to spontaneously take advantage of opportunities as they arise “Living in real time” is the third of three …
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Emerging Need State 8: Investing time like money
Time is valued as more precious than money and is approached with an investment mentality “Investing time like money …
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Global Foresight Books recommends ConsumerShift
I was pleased to see Global Foresight Books has listed ConsumerShift as one of its recommended business books. Global …
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Emerging Need State 7: Wherever whenever whatever
Going beyond traditional schedules and timing to being available when needed “Wherever whenever whatever ” is the …
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Emerging Need State 6: Getting real with the virtual
Seeking assistance in incorporating the growing presence of the virtual into one's life “Getting real with the …
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Some thoughts on narcissistic leaders
A grad student asked me to take a look at Michael Maccoby’s Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails. As I …
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Emerging Need State 5. Performance Enhancement
Applying science and technology to improve performance Performance Enhancement is first of two emerging need states …
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Emerging Need State 4. Less Is More
Valuing the chic of pushing the envelope toward more sustainable lifestyles “Less is more” is the fourth of the four …
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Emerging Need State 3. The Simplicity Premium
Appreciating the extra work and elegance that goes into simple offerings The Simplicity Premium is the third of the …
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Emerging Need State 2. Au Naturale
Preferring natural solutions where available Au Naturale is the second of the four need states at the core of our …
Emerging Need State 1. The authenticity premium
Pursuing the pure and unadulterated, not tainted by marketing spin and packaging The authenticity premium is the …
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Introducing seven meta-needs for the next decade
Now we come to the final touch in our description of the process of creating the emerging need states in ConsumerShift. …
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A Framework of Situations for Need States
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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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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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? …