Futurists suggest change … and most people/clients would rather not. Sometimes I think it is helpful to get back to …
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Houston Archetype Technique Updated
Not new, but updated ... as promised in a previous post. To recap, for several years we and our audiences at the …
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Understanding, Mapping, and Influencing the Future
What do we teach about the future? What does one need to know to be an effective futurist? The six steps of our basic …
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Tips for Thinking about the Future video
Had a blast sharing "A Dozen Tips for Thinking about the Future" for the Transforming Local Government Conference in …
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Futurists, get in the box!
For a lifetime we have heard, and likely been advising, that we and our clients should “get out of the box.” In …
What’s your Foresight Sauce?
In Futures Research class last week, we reviewed our Framework Foresight method from A to Z. I emphasize that my goal …
Doing foresight well: cooks and chefs
Was musing with a professional futurist colleague about the state of the foresight field. We observed how the market for …
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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 …
Foresight methods and “overlap”
A point that has come up several time in Alternative Perspectives class this semester that foresight perspectives and …
Applying alternative foresight approaches
Building off last week’s post on foresight and intuition….and the great fun I’m having with our Alternative Perspectives …
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Fun with Futures Wheels
One of the important tools in the futurist tool kit is the futures wheel. It is similar to mindmapping that may be more …