I'd like to call out and applaud journalist Chris Parker for pulling together a nice story on the future, published in …
Steps Toward Professionalizing Foresight
Aren’t futurists already professionals? Well, sure, depending on how strictly one defines a professional. The …
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Futurists influencing the future?
In the Sunday NY Times, an editorial “A Group Shout on Climate Change,” acknowledged Kellogg’s for their sustainable …
Announcing BONUS FALL FORESIGHT CERTIFICATE COURSE
The UH Foresight program is very happy to announce a “bonus” fall 2014 offering of the foresight certificate course. …
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Recapping Houston Foresight at WFS 2014
The Houston Foresight Community was once again well-represented at the WFS/AFP annual summer meetings. This time it was …
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An organizational futurist role for integrating foresight into corporations
I'm pleased to note that my piece on the organizational futurist role I put together with colleague Jeff Gold has been …
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Another Futurist in the Public Voice Role
Thanks to UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Alum Satyamoorthy Kabilan for starting a conversation on The Future Of …
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APF Most Significant Futures Work Nomination: Think Like a Futurist
I am very pleased to have nominated “Think Like a Futurist” by Cecily Sommers for an APF Most Significant Futures Work …
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The value add of foresight in understanding mapping and influencing the future
As promised in a recent post, some thoughts on the value-add of understanding, mapping, and influencing the future. I …
Understanding, mapping, and influencing the future
In our Teaching about the Future book, we noted that our curriculum is roughly organized into Understanding, Mapping, …
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A Vision for the Houston Foresight Program
I acknowledge that I feel like the guy who succeeded Steve Jobs – anyone remember who that was? Exactly! The good news …
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Who are the best foresight clients?
This question came up in a recent discussion with a professional colleague. Despite my hesitation to engage in a “best” …
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Futurists, embrace the “resistance” to change!
Futurists should expect that their clients, or the clients of their clients in particular, will be perceived as …
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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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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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Bragging on students
I am just so pleased to see two of our best UH Foresight students -- Heather Schlegel and Jim Breaux -- recognized for …
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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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 …
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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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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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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Podcast on Being a Futurist
I recently did a podcast on what it's like to be a futurist and various other futurist-related topics. The interview was …
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 …
A futurist perspective on coolhunting
I recently did an interview on coolhunting: weak signals, trends, and fads for icoolhunt. I can imagine some of my …
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Exchanging ideas about organizational foresight
I’m looking forward to talking about ConsumerShift to the member organizations of the Learning Forum's Foresight Council …
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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 …