Institute For The Future

Programming the Global Food System in the Age of Networked Matter

Imagine what will happen when the connections within the entire global food system are not only evident, but also programmed—when natural and...

New! Human+Machine Futures forecast map

We're happy to share Technology Horizons' new research map, 'Human+Machine Futures in Full Color: Extending Our Senses and Ourselves' with you. This...

News from the Future: Spring 2015 Newsletter

We face a future in which our familiar templates for business plans are obsolete. This year’s Ten-Year Forecast research maps emerging templates of...

Celebrate the #Future4Good Fellows on April 10!

RSVP now to join us for a celebration lunch for IFTF's 2014 class of Future4Good Fellows on April...

Join Brad Kreit: Technology, Aging, and In-Home Caregiving

Join IFTF Research Director Brad Kreit for a panel on aging, technology, and caregiving at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Tuesday, April...

Artifact from the Future: Aging In Place Toolkit

As the demand grows for “aging in place” solutions over the next decade, families and caregivers will use design thinking methods to create spaces and...

Field Report from the Food Innovation Program

IFTF's Food Futures Lab recently launched the Food Innovation Program in Italy. 18 students from 10 countries will create new innovative solutions for...

Anya Kamenetz in conversation with Marina Gorbis - Join us!

IFTF invites you to join Anya Kamenetz in conversation with Marina Gorbis on "THE TEST: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing—But You...

Tech + Democracy: Perspectives from Argentina, Georgia, Kenya + the Czech Republic

What if you could not only vote for a politician, but against them? What if your elected representative had a way of engaging in continuous dialogue...

Does online learning actually lead to jobs?

What is the relationship between MOOC platforms and finding a job? How are different MOOC platforms thinking about creating jobs, and their role in...

IFTF Artist-in-Residence for YBCA Urban Futures Program

IFTF is the Artist-in-Residence for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' new urban futures program.

Artifact from the Future: EZ LIFT

The next decade will bring unprecedented numbers of both older people and obese people, each of whom have health and well-being needs that can be...

Artifact from the Future: Certified Trauma Informed

Mitigating the downstream behavioral and biological effects of trauma will require cooperation between health institutions, communities, and...

IFTF + NDI host Tech+Democracy - RSVP now for Feb 18

Join us this coming Wednesday, February 18, for a unique event here at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, USA. IFTF's Governance...

Artifact from the Future: Meat Counter

This post expands on one of four forecast perspectives in Seeds of Disruption: How Technology is Remaking the Future of Food. The research map looks...

What youth can do now to prepare for the Future of Work

The world of work is changing. Parents these days have lots to worry about when it comes to the financial well-being of their children, but it’s not...

Non-labor Income: it only sounds fantastical

Recent sunny labor market reports have generated lots of buzz that the economy is coming back. Unemployment is down to 5.6%, the lowest it’s been...

Artifact from the Future: VR Eating

This post expands on one of four forecast perspectives in our Seeds of Disruption: How Technology is Remaking the Future of Food research. It explores...

Artifact from the Future: REHIX

This artifact explores how cooperation will break down traditional boundaries, transform the scale of health interventions, and create new...

Artifact from the Future: Healthy Block Project

While the social and environmental determinants of health are becoming targets of upstream investment, focusing vision and resources is still...

The Funky Labor Economics of Uber and Lyft

We as a society are used to the dichotomy of employed vs unemployed. Sure, some jobs are part-time, some are full; some offer health insurance or...

Four Forecast Perspectives: Remaking Food Experiences

In our 2013 research, IFTF's Food Futures research program explored how people will interact with an emerging set of technologies to demand new kinds...

3D Printing a Lawn Game on a Train

How open source design, a 3D printer & Wikipedia enabled us to play the Swedish lawn game, Kubb, on board the Millennial Trains...

The Future of Food in 2015

As our country reflected on the State of the Union last night, Edible Startups’ Austin Kiessig released his own thoughts on the state of our food...