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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An Insiders Guide to Foresight Consulting workshop
I'm pleased to be offering a one-day workshop on foresight consulting with my professional futurist colleague Riel …
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Fun with Futures Wheels
One of the important tools in the futurist tool kit is the futures wheel. It is similar to mindmapping that may be more …
Which type of futurist are you?
As part of my doctoral research on “Integrating Foresight into Organizations,” at Leeds Metropolitan U, I’ve had to …
Values Changes Following a Developmental Model of Social Change
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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Teaching about the Future is on its way!
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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Foresight as a field
I’ve noted my plunge into the foresight literature in support of my topic “Integrating Forsight into Organizations.” …
Call to Foresight Practitioners: Publish, Please!
Part of my task in doing my dissertation on Integrating Foresight into Organizations for Leeds Metropolitan …
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Introducing Integral Futures….Live
I posted a a couple of clips introducing Integral Futures (part 1 and part 2, about 2o minutes total) taken from the UH …
A Framework for Thinking about the Future
Andy Hines & Peter Bishop, Thinking about the Future, 2007. One of the more useful frameworks we've adopted at …
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The Foresight Tool Kit: Causal Layered Analysis
Thought it would be interesting to share an example of an application of one of the newer futures methodologies, Causal …
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Vision without Discipline Is a Daydream
Do you recognize this quote attributed to the late Alexander Haig? I wouldn’t have expected to be attracted to his …
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Nominating Most Important Futures Works
The Association of Professional Futurists is about to re-launch it's Most Important Futures Works campaign. Members are …
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Books about the Future
Had a few inquiries about good foresight books lately, so figured it was time to post the bibliography of foresight …
Finding a Beachhead for Foresight
I recently taught our week-long Certificate course in Strategic Foresight in Brussels. It was a great group who was …
Another take on Future of Work Surprises
I really enjoyed the commentary "A Dozen Surprises about the Future of Work: Implications for Workforce …
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A Step Forward in Evaluating Scenarios
Nice to be back in the saddle after a spectacular honeymoon in beautiful St. Thomas. Hopped right over to Brussels …
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STEEP is just an acronym!
A little bit of a rant here. The really good news is that foresight and futurists are being introduced to more and more …
An Infiltration Approach to Foresight
Several years ago I identified five approaches to positioning foresight. The inside-outside[r]: a provocateur …
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More cooperative futurists? Revisiting the future of futures scenarios
Back in 2003, the Association of Professional Futurists, in its inaugural Gathering, did a scenario planning workshop on …
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Better Consulting Futurists
Many futurists make their living as consultants, mostly as external consultants but even those working within a single …
Foresight Challenges: Introducing, Positioning, and Institutionalizing
Coming up for air after a couple of intense days engaging with the dissertation. Most of the time was rather …
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Can we talk….about the future ?
While we like to Think about the Future, we also need to talk about it. One of the challenges in talking about the …
More on the Future of Libraries
Found a clip from a couple of minutes on the local Houston KRIV-26 News talking about the future of libraries. One of my …
Hitting the Snooze Button on the future’s “Biggest Wake Up Call”
I was very pleased to review my futurist friend and colleague Richard Slaughter's latest work "The Biggest Wake Up call …
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