CHALLENGING OUR LEADERS WITH FORESIGHT
Question: What are the most critical questions that futurists should be challenging leaders with today? By Sean Pillot de Chenecey It’s...
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Sep 26 min read
KEEPING PACE WITH A HORIZON EVER RECEDING
Question: How can foresight keep pace with a horizon ever receding? By Eva Tomas Casado Author’s note: In this article, I introduce my...
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Sep 25 min read
CAN FUTURISTS BE FREE TO THINK AND PRACTICE IN AN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME?
Question: Is democracy essential for professional futurists and strategic foresight professionals in developing their work? Can futurists...
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Aug 299 min read
QUESTIONING THE PRIMACY OF TECHNOSCIENCE
Do advanced IT systems support or undermine humanity’s natural desire for positive, humanly compelling futures? By Richard A. Slaughter...
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Aug 297 min read
ENVISIONING A WORLD WITH UNIVERSAL FUTURES EDUCATION
Question: What if every child in the world were taught future studies in their schools – what would be the impact of that on our world?...
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Aug 267 min read
RECONSTRUCTING HUMANKIND ON EARTH
Question: Do humans have a ‘Manifest Destiny’ to colonize the rest of the Solar System or the Universe? by Krittika Sharma “Look again at...
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Aug 268 min read
BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE, PEACEFUL, AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Question: What actions are needed to build a more equitable, peaceful, and sustainable world? By Riane Eisler Today’s talk about changing...
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Aug 2611 min read
THE PERILS OF IGNORING THE FUTURE: HUMANITY’S NEED FOR FORESIGHT
Question: How has futures thinking failed humanity? by Yuna Lee In an era marked by rapid economic and technological change, the tension...
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Aug 2610 min read
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS THAT MATTER
Question: Should futurists be looking at the little things in our world — instead of always focusing on the big questions and big issues...
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Jun 127 min read
2045 NOBEL PRIZE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: INCREASING GLOBAL CURIOSITY BY 10%
Imagine a future world where everyone on the planet is just 10% more curious. What would be the impact? By Sarah Davanzo The year is...
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Jun 1216 min read
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SCIENCE FICTION AUTHORS AND BOOKS FOR FUTURISTS
By Thomas Lombardo Science fiction literature offers an immense wealth of reading resources for futurists. But, where to start? As an...
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Jun 124 min read
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HORIZON SCANNING
By Dr. John Carney Note from the author: This blog presents a candid view of the lessons learned carrying out Horizon Scanning within a...
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Jun 127 min read
HOW TO MAKE A FUTURE SCENARIO AS IMMERSIVE AND EXPLORABLE AS A VIDEOGAME
Behind the “The Road to Zerophoria” Scenario By Jane McGonigal, Ph.D. How can I make a future scenario feel as immersive and explorable...
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Jun 126 min read
COLLABORATIVE FORESIGHT IN A COMPETITIVE WORLD: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR OPEN FORESIGHT HUB
By David Jonker Foresight is often conducted in private, behind an organization’s castle walls. But increasingly, that’s the wrong...
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Jun 128 min read
THE UN SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE: WHY IT IS NECESSARY
By Tony Diggle Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles focusing on the upcoming United Nations’ Summit of the Future conference....
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Jun 125 min read
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN FUTURISTS
By Tracey Follows At the start of 2020, to coincide with International Women’s Day (IWD), I published a series of interviews with female...
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Jun 126 min read
SPEAKING CANDIDLY: THE ART OF ASKING PROFOUND QUESTIONS
By Richard Hames and Patricia Lustig Language, specifically our ability to construct and communicate our reality through language, is the...
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Jun 118 min read
CASE STUDY: FUTURES OF LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK OF THE FUTURES
By Wendy Schultz and Tianna Brand The livestock of the past and present include pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, chicken, ducks,...
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Jun 115 min read
PERSEPHONE’S GARDENS: THE SAVIOR OF CITIES
By Samista Jugwanth Persephone, the ancient Greek Goddess of Spring (and agriculture), was equally famous for her role as Hades’s Queen...
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Jun 117 min read
HOW COMMUNITY GARDENS CAN ADDRESS FOOD, SUSTAINABILITY, AND CONNECTION CHALLENGES
By Grace Okubo Community gardens have become ubiquitous features of urban landscapes. Initially conceived to combat food insecurity, they...
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