A few weeks ago, we explored a few thoughts around the history of the foresight field. APF colleague Ruben Nelson …
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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 …
Houston Futures Studies at the World Future Society General Assembly 2012
The University of Houston’s Futures Studies program—as always--is well-represented at this year’s World Future Society …
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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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A Futures Family Reunion
Current students, alums, and professors of the Futures Studies program at the University of Houston are planning a …
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 …
Where will training come from?
Not from employers! That's been the long-term trend. The crude joke is that training has moved from in-house to the …
Future Jobs…on Houston Public Television
I really enjoyed my appearance with Latina Voices on Houston Public Television on November 8th. Very nice people! We …
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Which Energy Future?….Youtube Clip
My good friends at Harvey Nash were kind enough to post a short Youtube video clip of me after my Which Energy Future? …
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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Reaching the Student to Reach the Big Goal Workshop
I'm very pleased to be working with the Lumina Foundation, which has the bold goal: To increase the proportion of …
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Forecasting and Wild Cards with Exchange Students
I recently had the opportunity to spend a morning talking about the future of science and technology with some exchange …
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Fear of the Future….Results from No Image of the Future
A piece from the beloved Fox News arrived in my inbox--It's Fear Over Our Country's Future That's Driving the Tea Party …
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Welcome to Hinesight!
Welcome to Hinesight, my home for blogging, speaking, workshopping, and small consulting projects. I plan to split my …