At the recent World Future Society Insider's Guide to Foresight Consulting course, a question came up around how to …
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Seven Lessons for Applying Foresight in Organizations
Much of my professional life has been motivated by the desire to help organizations make greater use of foresight. Early …
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Futures of futures scenarios and professionalization
The APF's “Futures of Futures” scenario workshop in 2003 identified four critical uncertainties for the future of the …
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Momentum Building for Professionalizing Foresight
It’s been great to see a surge of interest in the topic of professionalizing foresight. To be clear, it is still in what …
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Making the Future Happen for AALL
I'm excited about my upcoming presentation, "Making the Future Happen," at the AALL (American Assn of Law Libraries) …
Bragging on students
I am just so pleased to see two of our best UH Foresight students -- Heather Schlegel and Jim Breaux -- recognized for …
Panarchy, the Adaptive Cycle, and Change
I re-read Panarchy a while back and it’s even better the second time around! While I have pages of notes, thought I’d …
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An Insider’s Guide to Foresight Consulting at World Future Society
I’m very pleased to offer the 2nd annual “Insider’s Guide To Foresight Consulting” day-long workshop at the World Future …
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The Houston Futures Studies program is now “Foresight”
I am happy share that we’ve changed the name of the Futures Studies program to “Foresight.” Actually, the official name …
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Foresight success?
I did a five-minute “Little Big” at the APF “Play” Gathering on May 3rd in Orlando. I called it “A Framework for …
16 things that made me go hmmm at APF’s “Play”
Thought I’d share some musings from my experience at the APF “Play” gathering. Borrowing from the old C&C Factory …
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Reflections on the Future of Cities
The Houston Futures extended family gathered for a weekend of futures fun on April 12 and 13. While a key purpose is to …
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Futurist: specialist or generalist?
A prospective student raised a question about specialization in foresight in a recent APF listserve conversation. This …
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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 …
What do we call it?
It’s been great to hear growing interest in developing the field and profession of _______, um, what do you call …
A Futurist Elevator Speech
Someone asked me recently for my elevator speech on "what is a futurist?" Basically, if someone asks you what a …
Ten Do’s and Don’ts for an Aging Futurist
I just celebrated my birthday and realized that almost half of my life now has been as a practicing futurist – 25 years …
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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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America sacrifices the future for the present
“Instead of sacrificing the present for the sake of the future, Americans now sacrifice the future for the sake of the …
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Simulation, gaming, and the foresight tool kit
Looking forward to the APF (Assn of Professional Futurists) annual Gathering “Play” from May 2-4 in Orlando. The theme …
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Talking Points on Integrating Foresight into Organizations
I recently gave a webinar based on my dissertation on integrating foresight into organizations to an informal group of …
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Foresight and the Clash of the Timeframes
In this morning’s New York Times, I came across three stories relating to the future and the public sector. The story …
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Timing and the Future
It’s been said that timing is everything….and the future is no exception. I recently came across a story “Future …
Myths and the Future
Elizabeth Rudd of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) recently shared a link to a nice piece in Strategy …
Great review of Teaching about the Future
Here's a great review of Teaching about the Future. It comes from Jay Gary of the Regent University Strategic Foresight …
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PhD: The Role of an Organizational Futurist in Integrating Foresight into Organizations
I am very pleased to be able to share that I've completed my PhD on "The Role of an Organizational Futurist in …
Foresight and being right
We’ll avoid the whole “did you get the future right” discussion here. [See "how accurate are your forecasts?" if that’s …
The Futurizers
I gave an "overview of the future" talk this weekend (should have a link to the video soon) and concluded it by …
Foresight Maturity Model nominated as a Most Significant Futures Work
I am very pleased to have nominated the work of my colleague, Terry Grim of the Foresight Alliance, on the Foresight …
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Talking about the Future
I recorded a podcast with Thunderstruck Radio last week on a wide range of topics about the future. Host Sancho Jones …