…to new audiences to get them interested in using futurists and foresight If we think about the market for futurists, …
Graphic of Houston Foresight Scanning Process
Our design expert on the Houston Foresight team, student Maria Romero, is at it again. After doing a beautiful job with …
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Observations from tracking mentions of futurists in media
The Houston Foresight program initiated a project to track, collect and analyze mentions of futurists in the media back …
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Roots of foresight: When (and how) do you say it started?
We had a great discussion last week at APF on the origins of the foresight field. I was not sure whether to even start …
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Exploring the Future…with MISC
The bonds are strengthening between foresight and design. I’ve just received the first physical shipment of beautiful …
The value of a foresight education
I recently posted some findings on the Houston Foresight blog from an alumni survey. The survey was undertaken as a …
Houston Foresight Students Win APF Recognition Awards
I am so proud to share that Houston Foresight students won first, second, and third place of the Individual Graduate …
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Five Books on the Future
A recent APF listserv chat pointed out that member Andrew Curry had been profiled on Five Books -- a terrific interview …
The New Framework Foresight Graphic
It’s been great to have a little design help in order to better communicate what we do at the Houston Foresight program. …
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WFS Master class: Introduction to foresight
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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Jobs as an obsolescent concept
About four years ago, I wrote a piece called “retirement as an obsolescent concept” in Career Planning and Adult …
A few thoughts on Infinite Progress
A colleague referred me to Byron Reese, the author of Infinite Progress: How the Internet and Technology Will End …
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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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“Beam” Me Up
I was turned on to what looks a pretty cool advance in telepresence by Jason Hartgrave, who attended our week-long …
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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Bragging on students
I am just so pleased to see two of our best UH Foresight students -- Heather Schlegel and Jim Breaux -- recognized for …
The Houston Futures Studies program is now “Foresight”
I am happy share that we’ve changed the name of the Futures Studies program to “Foresight.” Actually, the official name …
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