It’s been a decade now that I’ve been leading the Houston Foresight Program. We’re preparing the next generation of the …
Building Foresight Credibility
It doesn’t take long into a session of what foresight needs before we get to awareness and credibility. It’s been the …
Accrediting Foresight
Last week I briefly mentioned that the University of Houston Foresight program was awarded the first accreditation …
Houston Foresight at the WFSF 50th Anniversary
I was fortunate to spend last week with my University of Houston Foresight friends in Paris at the World Futures Studies …
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What should futurists be able to do?
There are many possible answers to this question, and I think in a healthy foresight ecosystem there can and should be …
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UMI: The basic components of exploring the future
If you decided to take the plunge and come to UH for foresight education, what do you get? Or perhaps more …
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New Foresight Advisory Board
I am pleased to share our new Foresight Advisory Board. They are going to help with the program strategic plan, which …
Gathering Together Again … At Last
Houston Foresight had its annual [face-to-face] Spring Gathering two weekends ago for the first time in three years. Not …
The Houston Foresight Vision
We just finished our visioning module in Strategies class. So it seems time to review the vision of our beloved Houston …
The unbreakable rule: Know your audience
In foresight, rules are made to be broken. Futurists are rule-breakers by nature. We do have some rules at Houston …
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Investing that aligns with the emerging future
As a teacher in the Houston Foresight program, I hope to see students apply what they learn on whatever journey they …
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Using the Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020
It was a great pleasure to work with futurist Richard Slaughter in curating the Knowledge Base of Futures Studies (KBFS) …
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A “Final” Tweak to the Framework Foresight cone
Final is in quotes to acknowledge that the process is never final. But there is a necessary balance to having some …
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Updating the Framework Foresight cone
It’s that time again. We’re always tweaking our core Framework Foresight process. Every few years the tweaks build up …
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Getting a handle on who is doing foresight
The Houston Foresight program kicked off an effort to explore the State of Foresight last fall. The basic question we …
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Sci Fi Futures Draft Agenda
Our Annual Spring Gathering is an opportunity for our extended futures family to come together and socialize, and dig a …
Sci Fi Futures
Our Annual Spring Gathering is an opportunity for our extended futures family to come together and socialize, and dig a …
Houston Foresight Spring Gathering 2019
We think about, practice, and experiment with how to engage people with the future. But most of that attention is …
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Foresight: A Unique (possibly crazy) Course of Study
The UH Foresight program made it onto a list of 25 unique and possibly crazy courses of study put out by “The Best …
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Where can we find the fringe? Scanning the fringe part 2
After our scan hit sharing session, which I shared about last week, we jumped into the formal program. Let’s focus on …
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Observations from scanning the fringe (part 1)
The Houston Foresight community devoted a day to Scanning the Fringe for its 2018 Spring Gathering on April 14th. In …
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Tool Time: Diigo for Collecting Scan Hits
One of the sessions at this weekend’s “Scanning the Fringe” event hosted by the Houston Foresight program with the …
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Research Projects at Houston Foresight
My project work these days is with the research capability we're building at the University of Houston Foresight …
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Are you Ready for Foresight Boot Camp?
It's almost time for the January 2018 UH Foresight Certificate boot camp? I suspect some readers of this blog have …
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Scanning the Fringe: The Signals Are Talking
At Houston Foresight, we’ve announced that our Gathering next spring will be on “Scanning the Fringe.” So I’m looking …
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Announcing “Scanning the Fringe”
On the heels of a very successful "Good Futures Work" meeting, the Houston Foresight program is ready to announce next …
Good Futures Work
The Houston Foresight Program is having its annual Spring Gathering this weekend on the theme of “Good Futures Work.” I …
Registration open for 2017 UH Foresight Certificate
I am pleased to announce that registration for the 2017 UH Foresight Certificate is now open. The five-day course …
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Foresight in the university world: size matters
Last week we tackled the pressure to bring in research dollars. This week we confront a classic chicken-and-egg problem …
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Trends in Foresight Methods
I came across a very nice paper posted to the APF list: Emerging Practices in Foresight and Their Use in STI Policy, by …