The three guiding images for After Capitalism each have their own story and appeal. Today, let’s look at the values …
Traditional values have problems, too
I have “picked” on the postmoderns a few times with posts about the “mean green meme.” Green, by the way, comes from the …
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The Neoliberal Capitalist Story
“Social responsibility”….[is a] fundamentally subversive doctrine” in a free society….“there is one and only one social …
Wiring or Choice?
I’ve got a few books to review for the blog for “After Capitalism” that come at what’s next from different perspectives. …
Careful in mixing ideology and values
My first reaction to a Sunday NY Times piece asked “Are Western Values Losing their Sway?” was to ask whether the …
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Values and the Holidays: Gray Thursday and Where Do We Go from Here?
I’ve done a few media interviews on the hot topic of shopping’s imminent encroachment into the Thanksgiving holiday. …
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A Sixth Characteristic of the Future Economy: More Local
There are all sorts of indicators suggesting a growing preference for things local. It’s part of the long term values …
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Values Shifts and the Future of Happiness
Came across a nice post The Future of Happiness -- Up or Down? by Deepak Chopra on the Huffington Post site. He starts …
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Millennials at the postmodern and integral transition
The Sunday New York Times had a piece on Millennial Searchers that sought to dispel the myth that they are lazy, …
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Sacred Values and the Values Types
I had the luxury of a free Sunday morning to soak in the New York Times (yes, it should be a necessity!) and came across …
Will values shift “in time?”
In a new paper, Shifting Values: Hope and Concern for "Waking Up," I took up the challenge of exploring how changing …
Modern Values Bulldozing to the Future
The full spectrum of values seemed to be in play in China in reading the Sunday New York Times. The eye-popping story …
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Sharing as another indicator of consuming less
Another post on the trend to consuming less -- I sense a trend here. I came across an excellent piece on the topic by …
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Values shift to consuming less
A key theme of ConsumerShift is that the emergence of postmodern and integral values would lead to less emphasis on …
Does lobbying have a future?
Warning: speculative thought piece ahead. In a workshop a while back, in the course of the discussion, I heard myself …
The role of values in interpreting values
Came across an interesting example of how two analysts/organizations looking at the same data can interpret it quite …
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Values and football
I am a big New England Patriots football fan (US football, not soccer). I grew up outside of Boston and have maintained …
Are American values universal?
I came across a blog post by commenting on Congressman Paul Ryan saying that Preventing Gay Marriage Part of America’s …
New Values Types Summary Graphic
Could no longer avoid the Saturday morning to-do list item: "create summary graphic of values types described in …
Zero Energy House: A Soft Path Indicator?
The New York Times ran an interesting piece Zero Energy Construction Crosses the Ocean on “passive house,” or …
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Are postmodern values enough?
In my file of “interesting ideas” I had stashed a nice blog post called “free your mind” from the YES website – a quite …
Is Homo Economicus in decline?
A few comments on an interesting brief post How the 'Free Market' Is Consuming Our Values on a book by Harvard professor …
Tapping values as central to brand success
A new study by WPP Group’s global research agency Millward Brown and Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer of …
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A Postmodern Response to Fukushima Aftermath
The New York Times has a great piece, Japanese Take Food Supply into Their Own Hands, that provides an excellent example …
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Values have a center of gravity
Real life is messy and people typically do not fit into neat little boxes with values any more than they do in any other …
From Modern to Postmodern Values
We talked about how traditional values are not going away in the postmodern world and remain alive and well. Modern …
Fitting Traditional Values into the Postmodern Consumer Landscape
A central assumption of ConsumerShift is that postmodern values are emerging as the primary shaping values of the …
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Introducing Four Types of Values for the Future
Having defined values in my last post, now is the time to describe the types of values shaping the future. I will cover …
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Two Scenarios for the Future of Houston presentation file
Here is a link to my Two scenarios for the future of houston. I really enjoyed the group. Great questions and …
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Values Shifts Lead to Home Cooking for Pets
My U of Houston Futures program colleague Terry Grim calls them "Fur People." Some may know them as pets. If you haven't …
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