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The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be: Here's How Strategic Foresight Can Help
Three-quarters (75%) of organizations are not prepared for the pace of change in and around their industry. Across sectors, we all need...
Paulo Carvalho & Olivier Woeffray
Jun 29, 20237 min read


A Step-by-step Approach toward Becoming a Professional Futurist
Becoming a professional futurist does not happen overnight, but everyone interested in developing a career in foresight may find the five...

Alireza Hejazi
Jun 22, 20236 min read


Anticipating the Unpredictable: Government Applications of Foresight to Build a Better Tomorrow
When we think about the future, we may imagine a utopian society where everything is perfect or an extremely catastrophic environment....

Asma Y. Zainal
Jun 18, 20234 min read


Dear Professional Futurists and Strategy Advisors - have you considered your Professional Liability?
As the application of strategic foresight expands to influence more tangible outcomes, the risk of damages also increases.

Samista Jugwanth
Jun 7, 20235 min read


Nurturing Futures Thinkers: The Case for Designing New Learning Systems to Scale Futures Literacy
Teach the Future (TTF) has developed a paradigm shifting curriculum by introducing futures thinking and practices to students and...

Zabrina Epps
May 24, 20234 min read


Emotions in Futures (Part 1 of 2)
In this two-part blog series, I explore the different emotions that could be present when taking people through futures thinking...

KhaiSeng Hong
May 1, 20234 min read


Rockstars and Robots - AI Automation Tools are Shaping the Future of our Careers
"For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even...

Bronwyn Williams
Apr 23, 20235 min read


Digital Democracy: The Future of Citizen Participation
By Cesar Perez The ubiquity of digital technologies is a constant feature of the last 20 years. They are an undeniable driver of change....

Cesar Perez
Apr 20, 20234 min read


LEGO's Two-Month Pause: Disassembling the LEGO Set to Build a Better Future
When was the last time you played with a LEGO set? How did it make you feel? The colorful set of interlocking plastic bricks connects in...

Heba Alhadyian
Apr 12, 20235 min read


Affective Foresight: AI and the Emotional Singularity
There are various pathways to the hypothesized technological singularity, but most discussions focus on traditional associations of computin

Seth Harrell
Apr 3, 20234 min read


The Dubai Future Forum 2022:
Perspectives of the APF Emerging Fellows from Africa, Asia, and America Written by: Seth Harrell, Steven Lichty, Asma Zainal & Ashish...
Emerging Fellows 2022
Mar 14, 20237 min read


The Role of Pain on Leadership Functions on Long Duration Space Journeys
As humans journey further across our solar system, our relationship with - and in - deep space will be shaped by the nature of leadership...

Ashish Manwar
Feb 9, 20234 min read


Trauma-Informed Futures: Part 2 – Exploring Futures Unconsciousness
In the first part of this blog, I explored how community-led trauma healing programs are influential in bringing futures consciousness...

Steven Lichty
Dec 23, 20222 min read


Permission To Think: Leadership Postures and Rhythms For The Future
Rationing the rhythmic exposure to the unfamiliar somehow triggers changing your posture to reframe and experiment with the issues at hand.

Ashish Manwar
Dec 18, 20225 min read
Trauma-Informed Futures: Part 1
How Trauma Influences Futures Thinking and Increases Futures Consciousness In this two-part blog series, I will explore the concept of...

Steven Lichty
Dec 9, 20224 min read


A Story from the Future
I woke up this morning super revived as last night I had my instantaneous genomic biochip nutritional profile upgraded. I connected my...

Asma Y. Zainal
Nov 30, 20223 min read


VISUAL DECOLONIZATION OF FUTURES
Source: Ikiré Jones Note: Lekan Jeyifo (b. Nigeria) and Walé Oyéjidé (b. Nigeria, 1981) - "Johannesburg 2081 A.D", Africa 2081 A.D....

Raquel Valença
Nov 13, 20225 min read


Foresight in Change: Making Change Future Ready
The growing consensus is that change management as it is traditionally applied is outdated. There is however, some doubt about the...

Steve Wells
Nov 2, 20226 min read


HOW TO TRULY DEMOCRATIZE FORESIGHT FOR YOUR PEOPLE, AND WHY WE MUST
When democratic systems marginalize young people while failing to address the planetary crises they will inherit, they lose all vibrancy...
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Nov 1, 20227 min read


Grappling with Anti-Colonial and Decolonial Futures
Image source: Zan Chandler ’ll state it from the get-go. I’m a British-born, Black futurist who settled in Canada as a youth, and whose...

Zan Chandler
Nov 1, 20226 min read
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