I am Terry Collins, an alum of the foresight program, and I’m very excited to announce that the “father” of Integral Futures, Richard Slaughter, has transferred the Integral Futures domain www.integralfutures.com to me! Integral Theory is used as a method to explore the intention, behavior, culture and systems aspects of whatever is being investigated. Integral Futures is a holistic and all-inclusive approach to exploring futures.
Richard was the first to publish on Integral Theory in association with Futures and has covered Integral Futures philosophy, methodology, and application, particularly in social foresight and futures studies in various publications. He is the foundation that others in this branch have constructed on and has provided leadership in looking beyond the traditional “western” ways of looking at the discipline of Futures and emphasized that other perspectives should be embraced in the discussion.
Others have written about Integral Futures in various publications in relation to current future’s practices such as how it can be used in environmental scanning, scenarios and scenario development, organizational and corporate development, transformation, leadership, and strategic change. Richard had a rich treasure of contributions on the Integral Futures domain website that he maintained.
Now that I am a steward of that domain, I would like to broaden the contribution and develop it even further. With that in mind, if you have a desire to enrich and add to this endeavor, please do not hesitate to contact me at IntegralFutures@aol.com.