Institute For The Future

Learning is Earning

As fast as the world of work is changing—with the growth of online jobs, on-demand platforms, and even automation of white-collar jobs—so, too, are...

Celebrate the Future of Social Invention on March 22

Sign up today for a luncheon celebration of the Future of Social Invention with IFTF's 2015 Class of Future for Good Fellows on March 22 from...

Transforming the Experience Economy of Food

Join Institute for the Future’s Food Futures Lab in 2016 as we map the emerging future forces that will transform food experiences....

Bitcoin is the Sewer Rat of Currencies

When computer scientist Andreas Antonopoulos first heard about bitcoin in 2011 he dismissed it as “nerd money.” Six months later he happened on...

Join us for Shenzhen Makers Town Hall & Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab

As part of Shenzhen Makers@World, an international innovators exchange program, join IFTF for a dive into what’s happening in Shenzhen, with eleven...

A Day in the Life of a Blockchain-Enabled World, 2030

Let's follow Crowley the Crocodile as he goes about his day in the year 2030, from the moment his bitcoin-powered bioalarm clock wakes him, until he...

Podcast: Robots & Automation

Are the robots coming for our jobs? And if so, is that necessarily a bad thing? Research Director Bradley Kreit speaks with The Other Washington for...

IFTF's Food Futures Lab Seeks Director

IFTF is seeking a Director for our Food Futures Lab to help lead research and foresight for food and food systems, develop a multi-year vision for the...

Join Us Feb 10: Emerging Environmental Challenges in China’s Future

Can we imagine new actions to turn the tide for China's environmental future? Join the Center for Emerging Worlds, Institute for the Future, and Asia...

Art, Science, and Climate Adventures in Asia

IFTF's Artist in Residence Catherine Sarah Young shares an update from her inspiring work using art to catalyze conversations about climate change...

My take on the future

I'm Milton Chen, and I've had a long career opening the doors of learning to children through programs and platforms like Sesame Street from Sesame...

New Release! 10 Strategies for a Workable Future

An urgent public dialogue is unfolding about the state of the US workforce and its prospects for the next decade as a result of changing labor...

Designing a New Operating System for Work

[Reposted from Medium] The battles between Uber and taxi companies and the 1099 vs. W-2 debateare just the first signs of the upheaval emerging with...

Make a #Future4Good

Happy holidays! I’m Jane McGonigal. You may know me as the author of games and books like Reality Is Broken and SuperBetter. You may not know that I’m...

The Race to Build the Machine

While Uber, Airbnb and the other players in the “sharing economy” have captured public attention, the technologies underlying them continue to evolve...

Portable Benefits: A Cornerstone of a Workable Future

During IFTF’s Workable Futures Initiative convening in October, titled Positive Platforms for a Workable Future, we identified several urgent issues...

Open Cities debuts at YBCA on Nov 7

Over the last several years, IFTF's Technology Horizons Program has explored our urban futures with the help of leading thinkers, artists, activists...

Mapping the Restorative Justice City

Prisons and the criminal economy offer the same purpose: they absorb marginalized people who are systematically left out of the mainstream and the...

Join IFTF at Real Future Fair

Join IFTF's Food Futures Lab researcher, Sarah Smith, at the Real Future Fair Nov 6-7 in San Francisco....

Podcast: Marina Gorbis Speaks with Public Radio International

When looking to the future, how do we separate the signals from the noise? Public Radio International's Mary Kay Magistad speaks with Marina Gorbis...

When Everything is Media: The Future of Communication and Technology

In 2016, IFTF's Technology Horizons program will embark on a year-long exploration of the reinvention of communication to map the rapidly changing...

Our Futures under Climate Change

The Apocalypse Project: House of Futures has finally launched at the Future Gallery of IFTF. Free and open to the public, the 7-month exhibition...

Join IFTF at the RAND Behavioral Finance Forum | October 21

IFTF joins Nobel Laureate Robert J. Shiller and Maya Shankar, Senior White House Advisor, for Behavioral Finance Conference in Washington,...

Eatsa & The Future of Food Automation

As part of the 2015 research on Epicenters of Food Innovation, IFTF's Food Futures Lab went to try the newly opened San Francisco restaurant, Eatsa, a...