I am pleased to be teaching the “Introduction to Foresight” class at this summer’s World Future Society Assembly in San …
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Work may be “ending” but don’t quit your job just yet
I was recently on a panel discussion for “The Future of the Global Workforce” for the Houston chapter of the World …
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Who wants to play with us?
The APF Professionalization Task Force has moved from planning to action and the first action is developing a competency …
The World in 2050…. in Ten Minutes
How do you do that? Well, pick a few themes, and it helps to have a good graphic facilitator (Trent Wakenight). I took …
[The idea of] the Singularity is Here
Timing and the future has been coming up a lot in my recent work. [My favorite piece is "seeing in multiple horizons"] …
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Nice media story on the future
I'd like to call out and applaud journalist Chris Parker for pulling together a nice story on the future, published in …
Talented or lucky?
The Sunday NY Times had a piece highlighting a high-profile divorce case involving a CEO that hinges on “active versus …
Real options, scenarios, & sensemaking
Read an interesting piece on combining scenario planning and real options: “Making sense of future uncertainties using …
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Does Development Inevitably Lead to Disaster?
Thought-provoking article in the Sunday NY Times: Is a Climate Disaster Inevitable? The article introduces Fermi’s …
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Value in an automated intelligent sharing economy
I hope you’ll pardon the mouthful of a title, but it seemed useful to convey a big gulp of ideas for organizing economic …
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A preview of integral organizations
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with integral values at the leading edge of values change today, with …
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Values and the Holidays: Gray Thursday and Where Do We Go from Here?
I’ve done a few media interviews on the hot topic of shopping’s imminent encroachment into the Thanksgiving holiday. …
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Futurevision a welcome addition to the foresight catalog
I am very pleased to recommend Futurevision: Scenarios for the World in 2040 by Richard Watson and Oliver Freeman as an …
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Another perspective on images of the future
We were fortunate to have futurist Wendy Schultz of Infinite Futures as a guest lecturer in “Intro to Foresight” class …
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Revisiting the Image of the Future
In preparing for a talk introducing a broad look at the future, I thought of Polak’s Image of the Future, which is the …
Fun with scenario archetypes
I have been messing around with and shared some actual work on using scenario archetypes. Let me begin with proper …
Jobs as an obsolescent concept
About four years ago, I wrote a piece called “retirement as an obsolescent concept” in Career Planning and Adult …
The Future of Energy: A Theatrical Production
I recently watched a debate on Energy Independence. The characters were: Evil capitalist drilling guy Benevolent …
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Ten Books for Prospective Futurists
If you had to suggest ten books that a prospective futurist should read – starting from a tabula rasa (limited or no …
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Places to Intervene in Higher Education
Had a fascinating discussion last night with a team advising Lumina Foundation on its compelling and ambitious Goal 2025 …
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Thinking about Time and the Future
At our Spring 2013 Houston Foresight Gathering, strategist Todd Gentzel gave a brilliant presentation based on Philip …
Future of Education: Goodbye, Summer Vacation
I squeezed onto CNBC yesterday with a few comments as part of "Will the college bubble burst: …
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Concluding the Future of Knowledge Work
Knowledge work is emerging as the central focus of developed economies, with emerging markets making forays into it as …
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Future of Knowledge Work: Personalized Professions
Personalized Professions describes a “transformation" scenario archetype [see description below] Successful new …
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Thinking about Predictive Analytics
My interest in predictive analytics was first piqued by a presentation by Garry Golden at the 2008 APF Gathering on Big …
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“Teaching about the Future” wins the APF Most Significant Futures Works Award
Teaching about the Future was awarded first prize in the “methodology and practice” category in this year’s Association …
Future of Knowledge Work: Socially-Centric Work
Socially-Centric Work describes a “new equilibrium” scenario archetype [see description below] Digitization and the …
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Future of Knowledge Work: Back to Basics
Back to Basics describes a “collapse” scenario archetype [see description below] Innovative approaches to knowledge …
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What Will Work Look Like in 2020 and Beyond?
I had the cover story in the August 2014 issue of BeInkandescent.com with my former colleague Chris Carbone. We explore …
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Future of Knowledge Work: Virtual Teams Collaborating
Virtual Teams Collaborating describes a “continuation” scenario archetypes [see description below] Work is …
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