Future Now
The IFTF Blog
As we see more automation in the world, and as jobs are automated away, humans need to keep jumping to the next step of value and search for the...
We need to change the way we think about the future—from figuring out who is right about what will happen, to using a place that does not yet exist to...
Few issues hit more of an emotional chord, or an emotional nerve than those around borders and belonging, immigration and...
Join us in 2017 as we navigate the business landscape of the next decade and map the quickly-shifting boundaries of our organizations, industries, and...
Technology Horizons members join IFTF for the Fall Research Retreat, New Experiences of Ambient Communications: When Everything is Media, on November...
IFTF is honored to host Brian speaking about Algorithms to Live By on Wednesday, November 2 at 5:30 pm. Join us as we dig deeper into the computer...
Is Britain's decision to free itself of EU control about sovereignty, identity or something else entirely? It's complicated, and often not in the ways...
IFTF releases a new report aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of a new breed of worker in order to create a system that ensures a workable future...
Ubiquitous networking has transformed cyberspace into a pervasive layer atop our physical reality. Meanwhile, the emerging Internet of Things promises...
People have been moving around, and borders have been shifting around, for as long as there have been people. Who gets to say who belongs, and who...
Join us Sept 29 for a lunch conversation with David Rolf on the future of the labor movement in the U.S. David is president of SEIU 775 in Seattle and...
Institute for the Future is pleased to announce that Mike Zuckerman is joining our community as an IFTF Fellow. Mike is a self-described culture...
Professionals tend to see the operational structure of their institutions as reflections of the natural state of things. From their vantage point, new...
Join IFTF's Food Futures Lab for our next Edible Futures event on October 12, featuring artists from the Center for Genomic Gastronomy. We'll explore...
Propaganda, American Style: A Khrushchev's Perspective on the aftermath of 9/11.
Cities are where we face the future first. How will we shape the #FutureOfOurCity? Join us Sept 27 at 6:30PM in Oakland for Co-Creating the Future of...
Recently the Food Futures Lab convened a diverse group of experts to participate in a half-day workshop to explore the future of human-food...
Aiming to help everyone make almost anything, Fab Labs have opened around the world, and Fab Cities are taking the movement...
In July, IFTF joined leading global experts in tissue engineering to discuss the future of cultured beef, pork, and chicken, and the impact on the...
IFTF is partnering with Imisi 3D, a virtual reality creation lab, to host a public workshop on the future of Lagos on August...
Recently, Unilever acquired Dollar Shave Club, a direct-to-consumer men’s hygiene company, for $1 Billion. This might seem like another day, another...
IFTF Research Fellow Mary Kay Magistad released the latest installment of her Whose Century Is It podcast series on August 11. The episode delves into...
Thinking about the far-off future isn’t just an exercise in intellectual curiosity. It’s a practical skill that, as new research reveals, has a direct...
Marina Gorbis: Envisioning and making the future must be a massively public endeavor. IFTF is motivated by the belief that everyone needs to be part...