APF BLOG

By Meredith Bowden A problem with considering “The Future” is that it needs to compete with “Today.”  And Today is messy .  We are...

By Rich Erwin Work/Technology 2050: Scenarios and Actions  is a Millennium Project activity that took three years to complete....

By Jim Dator It is not exaggeration for me to say that one of the most important experiences that led me to discover and co-invent...

By Martin Davis I lead a burgeoning foresight practice as a member of the innovation team at a leading cancer center in Texas. We are in...

By Sara Fogarty As society has evolved over time from a hunter-gatherer and agricultural experience to the modern age, the...

By Vinny Tafuro  The world’s contemporary economic systems are in crisis. Environmental destruction and climate change threaten natural...

By Khalil Zafar Seldom in the course of history has a technology had as much impact on the corporate sector as Artificial Intelligence...

By April Gorelik This year the theme of the Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues was "The Future of Work." With bright eyes, cups filled to...

By Ashley Chiarelli Coined by famed management expert and author Peter Drucker in 1959, the term “knowledge workers,” described a new...

By Joshua Barthel and Dan Fukushima While no one would mistake America’s most famous virologist for a poet, Dr. Jonas Salk found uncommon...

By Jessica MK Streit and Jay Vietas Change is all around us, and it is happening more intensely and more rapidly than ever before. It is...

By Jacob Morgan One of the ways that I practice horizon scanning is by constantly having conversations with leaders around the world. ...

By Devin Fidler In an era of rapid technological advancement, the nature of information work is undergoing a profound transformation. To...

By Dr. Elissa Farrow As a futurist who has been on the road for the past week being inspired through my work in change strategising with...

By Claus Sneppen The physical office has historically served as the cornerstone for shaping the working life of knowledge workers in...

By Chris Mayer Changes in how and where we work, especially the division of labor between humans and machines, will impact how well...

By Johannes Kleske As a foresight practitioner with more than a decade of experience, I've noticed a recurring issue in our field: the...

By Marina Gorbis, IFTF  Executive Director The 21st century has ushered in a new digital economy that is fundamentally transforming — and...

By Richard Yonck Good forecasting and scenario building need us to remain open to the trends that influence them, so that we continually...

by Wensupu Yang "If you’re a reader, you are — secretly — a writer," the best-selling novelist Lee Child once said. To paraphrase: If...