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Once more unto the breach! My 13th year at the helm of the University of Houston Foresight program is kicking off. Seems like a good time to report in on where we are at. Students: Looks like 70-ish students this fall (10 graduated and 20+ new students). We’ve been in this range the last several […] The post The State of Houston Foresight 2026 first appeared on Hinesight....for Foresight .
It is hard to talk about alternatives to capitalism without hints of socialism or communism. You could argue that economic systems are organized based on individuals (capitalism), collectives (communism) or hybrid (socialism) In exploring After Capitalism, we are going to be using the word “commons” a lot more. That does not make us “commies.” There […] The post Commies and Commons first appeared…
More experienced (aka older) readers might recall the Knowledge Management movement of the 1990s and 2000s. In short, better tagging and organizing of data would make finding and applying knowledge easier and be a competitive advantage. Turns out those pesky human workers didn’t cotton to the idea of sharing their knowledge into a database for […] The post AI Fulfilling the Promise of Knowledge…
In this video, I walk you through the Image Analysis template I built to compare future scenario works and clarify visions of the future. Drawing on Fred Polak’s classic The Image of the Future and Wendy Schultz’s work on Images of the Future, we’ll go step‑by‑step through nine elements of a well‑crafted guiding image. You’ll […] The post How to Analyze Scenarios (Inside the Futurist’s Mind) first…
[NOTE: Following on last weeks post about post-work future, thought I’d set the table on where we are and seem to be headed in the short term.] We started talking about warriors, giggers and bots as the workforce of the emerging future a few years back. I spoke fondly and perhaps a bit wistfully of […] The post Emerging Workforce: Warriors a Vanishing Breed? first appeared on Hinesight....for…
Let’s be clear that the post-work future suggested by the Non-Workers Paradise does not mean we will not work, nor will it necessarily be a paradise. [A note on “terms” is at the bottom.] A bit of a downer? I think we need to balance the appeal of the goal with the reality of the […] The post Post-Work Really Means Post-Jobs first appeared on Hinesight....for Foresight .
This is a challenging book. It made me think, get clear, consider, and reconsider. I wrote, edited, and re-wrote this post several times. Kudos to the author! While occasionally frustrated, I also laughed. In sum, it was a valuable exercise that helped clarify some of my thinking. If you want to get your head around […] The post Review: We Have Never Been Woke first appeared on Hinesight....for…
The more significant the change, the longer it takes. Seems obvious, doesn’t it? But it’s not. All change tends to get lumped together in “today’s rapid pace of change …” In our case, the path to After Capitalism is likely to be a long slow one – despite what the increasing volume of pieces coming […] The post CLA, Change, and After Capitalism first appeared on Hinesight....for Foresight .
In this short video, I walk through how futurists and strategists use the Three Horizons to: You’ll see how all three horizons exist at the same time, and why change is often slower than it looks—right up until it isn’t. If you work in strategy, innovation, policy, or foresight, this video will help you: For […] The post Inside the Futurist’s Mind: Using the Three Horizons Framework first appeared…
Can you imagine kids flying out the door after school, going to a field or playground and put together a pick-game? Probably not. But I know some of you readers did this as kids. But today, it seems almost fantastical. It is by now a truism that we have turned sports into a faction of […] The post Reimagining Sports first appeared on Hinesight....for Foresight .
