I may be preaching to the choir, but perhaps I can provide some support for big thinkers … as we become an increasingly …
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 …
Tribalism as a Lubricant for Collapse
Tribalism is being used as an umbrella term to capture strong group loyalties that have been making it difficult for the …
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I Am Not a Consumer: Values and After Capitalism
Shifting values are a key part of the “after capitalism” story. It’s not just about economics, it’s really about our way …
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Wiring or Choice?
I’ve got a few books to review for the blog for “After Capitalism” that come at what’s next from different perspectives. …
The Next Book: What’s After Capitalism?
After five or so years of keeping one eye on concepts for what might follow capitalism, it's time! The topic is so super …
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Foresight Classics: The Next Three Futures
I’ve been meaning to revisit – or visit for the first time -- foresight classics. I started slowly with a two-part …
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Careful in mixing ideology and values
My first reaction to a Sunday NY Times piece asked “Are Western Values Losing their Sway?” was to ask whether the …
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Values Shifts and the Future of Happiness
Came across a nice post The Future of Happiness -- Up or Down? by Deepak Chopra on the Huffington Post site. He starts …
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Millennials at the postmodern and integral transition
The Sunday New York Times had a piece on Millennial Searchers that sought to dispel the myth that they are lazy, …
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Sacred Values and the Values Types
I had the luxury of a free Sunday morning to soak in the New York Times (yes, it should be a necessity!) and came across …
Planning for two economic futures
Just gave a talk on the future of the economy for the NORA summit. NORA (Northeast Oklahoma Regional Alliance) a …
Decline of consumption no longer a weak signal
Thought I'd tie a couple of themes we've been talking about here together: consumption and weak signals. I've had a …
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Tracking weak signals: sharing economy
The talks and presentations on the sharing economy are proliferating and improving. New descriptors are emerging, from …
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Will values shift “in time?”
In a new paper, Shifting Values: Hope and Concern for "Waking Up," I took up the challenge of exploring how changing …
Glass Houses
A great post by "The Consumerist" on a social-media driven issue on Future of Artificial Dyes in Kraft Macaroni & …
Future of Values Annotated Bibliography
I'm happy to share the annotated bibliography of key sources for ConsumerShift. It could come in handy for those doing …
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Myths and the Future
Elizabeth Rudd of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) recently shared a link to a nice piece in Strategy …
Does lobbying have a future?
Warning: speculative thought piece ahead. In a workshop a while back, in the course of the discussion, I heard myself …
ConsumerShift Now Available on Kindle
I'm happy to note that Consumershift is now available in digital format on Amazon. It's been a year since its release …
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The role of values in interpreting values
Came across an interesting example of how two analysts/organizations looking at the same data can interpret it quite …
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Postmodern values and women in leadership
Came across an interesting post on "golden skirts" which noted that "the European Union has walked back from a …
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The commodity identity continuum
One of the interesting insights that emerged from Consumershift was the commodity-identity continuum. It suggests that …
Some thoughts on World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Values
It’s good news that values are on the agenda of the World Economic Forum, with the formation of a Global Agenda Council …
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Foresight and intuition
I recently enjoyed a great listserv conversation with colleagues from the Association of Professional Futurists (one of …
Are American values universal?
I came across a blog post by commenting on Congressman Paul Ryan saying that Preventing Gay Marriage Part of America’s …
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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New Values Types Summary Graphic
Could no longer avoid the Saturday morning to-do list item: "create summary graphic of values types described in …
India experiencing the transition to modern values
The Pew Center, always an excellent source of data, posted some useful data on the status of India’s economy and society …
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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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