The Houston Foresight Community was once again well-represented at the WFS/AFP annual summer meetings. This time it was …
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The Future of Knowledge Work Drivers: Tools
The research & scanning for the “Future of Knowledge led to the identification of more than 120 trends that were in …
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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 …
Knowledge Work Drivers: Workers
The research & scanning for the “Future of Knowledge led to the identification of more than 120 trends that were in …
And the data rolls in: after the early opportunity has passed
In our work as futurists, it is routine to have our forecasts, findings, and recommendations questioned, particularly …
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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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Introducing The Future of Knowledge Work: Domain Map
This is the first 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 organizational futurist role for integrating foresight into corporations
I'm pleased to note that my piece on the organizational futurist role I put together with colleague Jeff Gold has been …
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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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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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Interview with The Innovator’s Ezine
Just had a nice interview with Doug Berger of Innovate that was published in his "Innovator's Ezine." The publication's …
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Foresight Jeopardy
Learning should be fun, right? And how can one resist the "gamification" trend? Indeed, we have been incorporating more …
Some thoughts on APF as it explores its future
The APF (Assn of Professional Futurists) has been discussing its future as part of our strategic planning process. It …
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A Sixth Characteristic of the Future Economy: More Local
There are all sorts of indicators suggesting a growing preference for things local. It’s part of the long term values …
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Another Futurist in the Public Voice Role
Thanks to UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Alum Satyamoorthy Kabilan for starting a conversation on The Future Of …
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A fourth characteristic of the future economy: “openness”
There will be more opportunities for more active participation in the economy through small business & …
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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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Revisiting Last and First Men and Starmaker, Part 2
Our protagonist from First & Last Men moves on to the cosmos, travelling to other solar systems and worlds, in …
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Revisiting Last and First Men and Starmaker, Part 1
I’ve been on kick of re-reading “futures classics,” having gone through Future Shock and Panarchy (well, maybe that’s …
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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 …
A third characteristic of the economic future: “smartness”
I’m not exactly jumping out on a limb here! Let’s put a little description on smartness. In my talk, I suggested …
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Foresight methods and “overlap”
A point that has come up several time in Alternative Perspectives class this semester that foresight perspectives and …
The Economic Transition Landing: Hard, Bumpy, or Soft?
There are different views among futurists and others about the nature of the [economic] transition. Futurists, of …
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What do we call the Next Economy?
In my previous post on “Planning for Two Economic Futures” I promised to provide some of the names that have been …
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 …
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 …
The value add of foresight in understanding mapping and influencing the future
As promised in a recent post, some thoughts on the value-add of understanding, mapping, and influencing the future. I …
Are we inhibiting the change we are trying to bring about?
I’ve doing more reading in the area of influencing the future (see post on understanding, mapping, and influencing). …
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Some thoughts on enterpreneurship
I am featured as one of ten entrepreneurs in a piece called Lighting the Way: 10 Successful Entrepreneurs Share Their …
Understanding, mapping, and influencing the future
In our Teaching about the Future book, we noted that our curriculum is roughly organized into Understanding, Mapping, …
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