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Future Cities: Freedom West Homes

Freedom West Homes, a 48-year old co-operative in San Francisco’s Fillmore District, approached Institute for the Future about working with them to...

News from the Future #43

Thwarting Security Challenges in a Hyperconnected World

Using Causal Layered Analysis for Transformational Change

A new day, a new headline that further links climate change to racial inequity - a recent one reading, “Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risk,...

Future Shock is Here: A Future Now Special Edition #5

When the previously unimaginable looks possible

News from the Future #41

What's new from IFTF.

Future Shock is Here: A Future Now Special Edition #4

"What's After the Pandemic? It's Up to You" News from the Future #40

NEW IFTF Foresight Tool: Design Your Practice

As people try to make sense of a world where the present is more volatile than ever, we’ve observed an increased curiosity and interest in strategic...

Predictions Aren’t the Point: Lessons from Forecasting the Pandemic

One of the most common questions people first ask when learning about IFTF’s work is, “How many of your forecasts did you get right?” My answer is...

The Talent Profile for Thriving Leaders in the Next Future Shock

For more than a decade, beginning just after 9/11, I’ve been wrestling with the question of leadership profiles that will be required to thrive in...

Future Shock is Here: A Future Now Special Edition

The Coronavirus is the Future Shock of the Decade: Three Things You Need To Know

Future Shock is Here: A Future Now Special Edition #2

The Resilience-Building Power of Futures Thinking in Uncertain Times

Future Shock is Here: A Future Now Special Edition #3

Imagining a Post-Pandemic World

How to build a more foresightful organization: Dr. Rene Rohrbeck, EDHEC Business School

Fifteen years ago, Rene Rohrbeck was working as a technology strategist. His manager asked him to identify the important forces transforming their...

IFTF Foresight Tool: Map Complex Impacts During a Time of Uncertainty

In ideal circumstances, we would have all been mapping out pandemic scenarios and worked out robust action plans. After all, the whole point of...

The Leadership Trilogy

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Counterfactual Thinking Is the Key to Creativity

— and a Vaccine against Future Shock

CHAPTER 1: Ramping Up to Full-Spectrum Thinking

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Alumni Insights: You Don’t Need to Be an Expert

As many of us are continuously exploring ways to stay ahead, or at least keep up, with the changing times, often we find that the methods we’ve been...

How to Form a Signals Group

Signals of change are the building blocks of futures thinking, and scanning for signals is an essential habit for any foresight practitioner. They...

Lessons from the EPIC Conference: Framing a Conversation on How Foresight Can Be Practical and Relevant

It’s a great time to be a foresight practitioner. Design, ethnography, innovation, strategy, experience, change management...people at the edges of...

News from the Future #36

Get signals, news, and new releases from IFTF.

About Afrofuturism and the Black Speculative Arts Movement

In September 2018, the Institute for The Future (IFTF) held its first panel on Afrofuturism at its Ten Year Forecast at the Museum of Computer History...

Train Your Brain to Prepare

Our brains think of our future selves as strangers and have built-in anxiety about change. This human tendency and our cognitive bias against thinking...