We at Houston Foresight get asked fairly frequently about what is the best automated scanning tool. Our response is that …
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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 …
The STEEP Cheat: Build your Trend Inventory
Last time, we talked about our typical three-month project. We have four weeks to do the bulk of the scanning. That’s a …
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Futurist value proposition
Building on my Change is slower than we think post, can we take it a step further and revisit the futurist value …
Sexy Foresight
I am pleased to see a collaboration with former guest student Alex Ferganani and friends captured in a new article in …
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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Setting up a horizon scanning system
One of the great challenges of foresight work has been to establish a consistent ongoing horizon scanning system within …
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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 …
Horizon timing
We have no shortage of big issues ahead: the Singularity, post-capitalism, possible ecosystem collapse. These are …
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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Drivers of Change in the Future of Knowledge Work
The research for the future of knowledge work project -- upon which our article in Employment Relations Today was based …
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Decline of consumption no longer a weak signal
Thought I'd tie a couple of themes we've been talking about here together: consumption and weak signals. I've had a …
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Tracking weak signals: sharing economy
The talks and presentations on the sharing economy are proliferating and improving. New descriptors are emerging, from …
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A Framework for Thinking about the Future
Andy Hines & Peter Bishop, Thinking about the Future, 2007. One of the more useful frameworks we've adopted at …
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STEEP is just an acronym!
A little bit of a rant here. The really good news is that foresight and futurists are being introduced to more and more …