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News from the Future #52
Feb 01, 2021
News from the Future #51
Dec 28, 2020
A Playbook for Ethical Technology Governance
Dec 18, 2020
News from the Future #50
Dec 08, 2020
Searching for Signals: Tips & Tricks from IFTF Staff
Nov 24, 2020
News from the Future #49
Nov 13, 2020
News from the Future #48
Oct 20, 2020
Creating Superminds of Human-Computing Resources
Oct 19, 2020
News from the Future #47
Oct 01, 2020
Afro-Rithms from the Future
Sep 18, 2020
News from the Future #46
Sep 03, 2020
IFTF Alumni Share: Infusing Futures Thinking with LEGO® Serious Play®, A Working Hypothesis
Aug 27, 2020
News from the Future #45
Aug 06, 2020
How to Design Games That Let You Feel the Future
Jul 30, 2020
News from the Future #44
Jul 16, 2020
Future Cities: Freedom West Homes
Jun 30, 2020
News from the Future #43
Jun 25, 2020
NEW IFTF Foresight Tool: Design Your Practice
May 28, 2020
News from the Future #41
May 28, 2020
How to build a more foresightful organization: Dr. Rene Rohrbeck, EDHEC Business School
Mar 31, 2020
The Leadership Trilogy
Mar 18, 2020
Future Shock is Here: A Future Now Special Edition
Mar 12, 2020
Counterfactual Thinking Is the Key to Creativity
Mar 10, 2020
CHAPTER 1: Ramping Up to Full-Spectrum Thinking
Mar 02, 2020
Alumni Insights: You Don’t Need to Be an Expert
Feb 27, 2020
When the previously unimaginable looks possible
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...
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...
"What's After the Pandemic? It's Up to You" News from the Future #40
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...
Fifteen years ago, Rene Rohrbeck was working as a technology strategist. His manager asked him to identify the important forces transforming their...
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 Resilience-Building Power of Futures Thinking in Uncertain Times
The Coronavirus is the Future Shock of the Decade: Three Things You Need To Know
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...
Signals of change are the building blocks of futures thinking, and scanning for signals is an essential habit for any foresight practitioner. They...
It’s a great time to be a foresight practitioner. Design, ethnography, innovation, strategy, experience, change management...people at the edges of...
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...
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...
By Marina Gorbis, Executive Director, Institute for the Future and Nick Monaco, Director, Institute for the Future, Digital Intelligence...