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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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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We were very pleased to have Jay Gary, PhD, Assistant Professor at Regent University’s Strategic Foresight program was a …
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“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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Looking forward to the APF (Assn of Professional Futurists) annual Gathering “Play” from May 2-4 in Orlando. The theme …
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I recently gave a webinar based on my dissertation on integrating foresight into organizations to an informal group of …
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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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It’s been said that timing is everything….and the future is no exception. I recently came across a story “Future …
Elizabeth Rudd of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) recently shared a link to a nice piece in Strategy …
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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I am very pleased to be able to share that I've completed my PhD on "The Role of an Organizational Futurist in …
We’ll avoid the whole “did you get the future right” discussion here. [See "how accurate are your forecasts?" if that’s …
I gave an "overview of the future" talk this weekend (should have a link to the video soon) and concluded it by …
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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I recorded a podcast with Thunderstruck Radio last week on a wide range of topics about the future. Host Sancho Jones …
Building off last week’s post on foresight and intuition….and the great fun I’m having with our Alternative Perspectives …
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I recently enjoyed a great listserv conversation with colleagues from the Association of Professional Futurists (one of …
The second book-writing collaboration between Peter Bishop and myself has produced a new textbook, Teaching about the …
During class last night on visualization techniques, a discussion emerged around when to try these techniques and with …
Futurists routinely make the point to clients that they are so focused on their own industry and its trends and …
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Here are the slides from the session that Terry Collins and I did at the WFS Toronto conference on the Evolution of …
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An interesting learning from my dissertation on the role of organizational futurists in integrating foresight into …
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I'm pleased to be able to offer a new elective in our Futures Studies Master's program this fall called "Alternative …
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Futurist colleague (and my former Professor) Oliver Markley recommended Thomas Homer Dixon's The Upside of Down: …
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I’m looking forward to talking about ConsumerShift to the member organizations of the Learning Forum's Foresight Council …
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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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I'm pleased to be offering a one-day workshop on foresight consulting with my professional futurist colleague Riel …
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One of the important tools in the futurist tool kit is the futures wheel. It is similar to mindmapping that may be more …
As part of my doctoral research on “Integrating Foresight into Organizations,” at Leeds Metropolitan U, I’ve had to …
I’m teaching a class on Social Change this semester in the Houston Futures program. The class was developed by Peter …
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I'm pleased to say that Peter Bishop and I are about to submit the first draft of our second book together to Palgrave …
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