As AI shapes the landscape of life and work, what’s it all mean for foresight practitioners? On April 9, Toshi Hoo, Director of IFTF’s Emerging Media Lab, discussed AI’s impact on foresight practices with Bob Johansen, Jeremy Kirshbaum, and Gabe Cervantes, co-authors of Leaders Make the Future: 10 New Skills to Humanize Leadership with Generative AI.
This conversation was about how AI can augment futures work and leadership skills, sharing lessons from their new book. It explored leadership at the intersection of Gen AI has lots of great insights on how to apply foresight and futureback thinking on this hot topic.
IFTF Foresight Essentials Professional Trainings: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessentials
IFTF Experiential Futures course: https://www.iftf.org/experiential-fut...
IFTF Fast Futures for Beginners: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessenti...
IFTF Futures Thinking on Coursera: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessenti...
About IFTF Foresight Talks:
IFTF Foresight Talks are moderated, publicly accessible, hour-long sessions that introduce some of the world’s foremost foresight strategists, designers, and leaders, IFTF Foresight Talks broaden the conversation within the global foresight community. Each offers a unique futures perspective that supports IFTF’s mission: to shape a better future for all.
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This conversation was about how AI can augment futures work and leadership skills, sharing lessons from their new book. It explored leadership at the intersection of Gen AI has lots of great insights on how to apply foresight and futureback thinking on this hot topic.
IFTF Foresight Essentials Professional Trainings: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessentials
IFTF Experiential Futures course: https://www.iftf.org/experiential-fut...
IFTF Fast Futures for Beginners: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessenti...
IFTF Futures Thinking on Coursera: https://www.iftf.org/foresightessenti...
About IFTF Foresight Talks:
IFTF Foresight Talks are moderated, publicly accessible, hour-long sessions that introduce some of the world’s foremost foresight strategists, designers, and leaders, IFTF Foresight Talks broaden the conversation within the global foresight community. Each offers a unique futures perspective that supports IFTF’s mission: to shape a better future for all.
© 2025 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved.