Institute For The Future

Understand the Blockchain in Two Minutes

In this short video, Olivia Olson (the voice of Marceline the Vampire Queen in Adventure Time) explains how blockchain technology can be used to...

It's the criminal economy, stupid!

The reason banks and financial institutions are ignoring regulations comes down to simple economics. The organized criminal economy is over $2...

Living Longer, Aging Well: the future of health + aging

We’re all aging, whether we’re closer to our first birthday or our hundredth. And that’s been the case since the dawn of humanity. But the percentage...

What does the Internet of Things look like for health and health care?

Health Horizons is pleased to release the forecast map, Health Aware World, which depicts a future where intelligence is embedded into everyday...

2016 Future for Good Fellows take on the future of social invention

Social invention is the process of inventing new social forms and practices to create a better future for everyone. It is itself social—that is, it’s...

Why We Need More Stories about the Future of Food

As part of a national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize, California Humanities is convening a series of discussion forums....

Own Your Achievements: Three Ways Blockchain Tech is Disrupting Education

More than 2000 people played IFTF’s most recent Foresight Engine game, Learning Is Earning 2026, following a keynote by game designer Jane McGonigal...

CCL Names Bob Johansen to Visiting Fellow Post

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has named Bob Johansen as their H. Smith Richardson Jr. Visiting Fellow for 2016. This prestigious fellowship...

IFTF and ACT Foundation challenge you to imagine the future of learning in 2026

On March 8 and 9, Institute for the Future and ACT Foundation will be joining forces with students, workers, and educators across the country for...

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...