Future Now
The IFTF Blog
“Growing up, it was never a dream of mine to become a futurist,” says Susanne Forchheimer, a Research Manager at IFTF. “I didn’t even know it existed...
Think of the last time you visited a museum. What kind of experience was it for you? Did it lead you to interrogate ideas we hold of the past,...
The Reverend Lorenzo Lebrija is the founding director of TryTank, a laboratory for innovation in the Church (particularly the Episcopal church) and an...
We hear from our advisor Astra Taylor about her groundbreaking work with the Debt Collective.
The Future is a Place For Hope: A year-end message from IFTF Executive Director Marina Gorbis
This week we're exploring a history of money and banking and a future of digital distributism with EEI advisor Douglas Rushkoff....
Jeff Yang is mostly based in Los Angeles, but because he’s originally from New York, says he’s always going to be a New Yorker—because that’s just...
In an unintentionally absurd turn of events, consumers in 2020 were surprised to find a bag of...
In the realm of food futures, we often joke that if you follow any foresight process far enough, you inevitably end up predicting the same tired...
Re-evaluation & Reinvention: Keys to Success in the Coming Decade
Solidarity & Cooperative Economics and African American Co-ops in History
Charles Tsai lives in Vancouver, and brings his deep experience in philanthropy to IFTF—a field that he believes is due for some big, structural...
What does K-pop fandom tell us about the future of belonging, the shifting of competitive dynamics in business, and the long-term prospects for...
She brings to IFTF her expertise in critical analysis and social impact, particularly around mitigating economic, gender, and racial...
Leah Zaidi has lived in Canada since the age of six, and brings to IFTF her extensive expertise in marketing, foresight...
*The following is a guest post by Mark Bryan, an alumnus of IFTF Foresight Essentials....
*Spoiler alert: The following contains spoilers regarding the book Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)....
Read about the initiative. Meet the advisors. Scan the signals.
How can we think about the future outside the social construct of time? How can we create narratives that imagine new possible realities rather than...