Call it “Everything Change”
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by Nicci Obert
1w ago
Dave Bengston is an environmental futurist and social scientist with the Strategic Foresight Group, Northern Research Station, US Foresight Service in St. Paul, MN.  He is a Graduate of the UH Professional Certificate in Foresight program and sponsored research on scanning and monitoring for the UH program. Image from NOAA’s GOES-13 of Hurricane Sandy at 9:10 am EDT on October 29, 2012. Call it Everything Change: The Cascading Consequences of Climate Change by David N. Bengston In their book Teaching About the Future, Bishop and Hines state that “The prime foundational concept of foresi ..read more
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Houston Foresight @ SWSW & SWSWEDU
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by April Koury
3w ago
Visiting #SWSW or #SWSWEDU? Be sure to check out our University of Houston Foresight Program students and alumni! We love what our people are up to in the world and can’t wait to connect with you. The lineup includes Juli Rush, Kelly Medrano, Ingrid Furtado, Ingrid LaFleur, Mushfiqa Jamaluddin ..read more
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Spring Gathering 2024 Agenda
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by Nicci Obert
1M ago
The Spring Gathering 2024 Agenda is coming together and the UH Foresight Team is looking forward to seeing friends, student, and alumni in Houston in April! The event is free to attend, but space is limited; please complete the registration form as soon as possible! FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024 We’re starting out Friday with a physical unveiling of our virtual Foresight Activation Lab. Lab Director Juli Rush will describe what the Lab has been up to and where it’s going. We’ll dig into real-time Lab activities and we have a Call for Student Sharing in our Tool Time session where we’ll be demoing an ..read more
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Alumni Spotlight: Jeremy Wilken
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by Nicci Obert
1M ago
Congratulations to 2023 UH Foresight Graduate Jeremy Wilkin, who was recently elected to the Board of the Association of Professional Futurists! Jeremy Wilken is an academically trained futurist and seasoned engineering leader focusing on how to shape positive futures with technology. He holds an MS Foresight from the accredited University of Houston program. He has authored two books, spoken globally at events, run podcasts, and is recognized by Google as a Developer Expert. He lives with his family in Austin TX ..read more
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Imagining After Capitalism article
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by Andy
2M ago
A new Imagining After Capitalism article is out in the Journal of Futures Studies (JOFS). It is the [plant-based] meatiest piece I’ve put out so far, clocking in at over 6,000 words. It talks about how I tailored our Framework Foresight approach to fit the particular task of searching for and analyzing ideas images about images of After Capitalism. It describes the seven key drivers of change. It includes a table that briefly highlights the major (not all) works I used  in putting together the three guiding images of the Future. And it explains the images in more detail than previous work ..read more
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Student Spotlight: David Geye
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by Nicci Obert
3M ago
Congratulations to Foresight Masters student David Geye, who will celebrate retirement after 35 years of dedicated service to the United States Army in January! David culminated his military career as the Command Chief Warrant Officer and Senior Military Analyst at the National Ground Intelligence Center in Charlottesville, VA and is currently interning with the Global Trends and Futuring (T+F) team at Ford Motor Company. The T+F team leads discussions in long-term thinking, planning, and strategy across Ford’s worldwide footprint. His responsibilities include identifying global trends, explori ..read more
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Congratulations Dr. Bishop! 2023 APF Leadership Award
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by April Koury
4M ago
We extend our warmest congratulations and heartfelt appreciation to our esteemed colleague, ????? ??????, as we proudly award him the ???? ??????? ?????? ??? ?????????? ?????. Peter’s extraordinary leadership has been a beacon for the Membership Committee and integral to the expansion and transformation of the APF, guiding it through nearly two decades of expansion on a global scale. His foresight played a pivotal role in establishing the APF in 2002, and his ongoing mentorship has been instrumental in shaping the key leaders of our association. The award is a distinguished honor given to a ..read more
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2024 Spring Gathering Early Registration Open!
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by Nicci Obert
4M ago
Each year, the UH Foresight Team is intentional about identifying where curiosities lie and so frame the Gathering with a set of inquiries. This year’s theme, Being and Becoming Human, provides an opportunity to explore the myriad aspects of what it means to be human and how the conception of self is changing.  What does the future tell us about what it means to be human? How do technologies and concepts like AI, AGI, and the Singularity factor into our perceptions of ourselves? What futures of humanity are available to us through different cultural and social lenses? How can futurists ..read more
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Emplotting Durational Stories of Transformation: New Article by Adam Cowart
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by Nicci Obert
4M ago
A new article by UH Foresight Adjunt Professor Adam Cowart was recently published in the Journal of Future Studies.  Professor Cowart teaches Design Futures and Alternative Perspectives and incorporated the research and methods introduced in this article into the curriculum of the Summer 2023 course ReStorying Futures.     Emplotting Durational Stories of Transformation: braiding narrative trajectories and multicasting in Transition Design. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to address challenges in crafting prospective long-term stories in the Transition Design (TD) ap ..read more
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Seattle Public Library & The Future of Libraries
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by April Koury
5M ago
In 2022 SPL asked Houston Foresight for help in exploring the future of libraries. We were asked to build a preferred future in the scenario landscape that they could integrate into their strategic planning. SPL now has the full foresight report along with strategic plans on their website here: https://www2.spl.org/about-us/the-organization/planning-for-the-future/library-strategic-foresight-report ..read more
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