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Houston Foresight Spring 2019 Newsletter
As we close out the Spring 2019 semester, it's a good time to reflect on some of the semester's highlights ,as they were captured in [...]
Student in the News: Mohammed Al Muhairi
A recent news story in Dubai featured the headline: Mohammed Al Muhairi prepares for the Master's journey with passion! Dubai police is sending the first [...]
2019 Spring Gathering Introduces the Future
Since we spend so much time and effort explaining what foresight is to people new to it, we thought it would be useful to spend a day reviewing our various approaches and strategies for doing so.
Forest Futures: High Tide in Dorchester
I recently saw a documentary on Dorchester County (Maryland Eastern Shore) and how sea level rise has impacted it. The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, established [...]
August 2019 "Certificate XXII" Foresight Seminar Registration is OPEN!
Over the past year we have experienced extraordinary growth in interest in the UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Program. Our April "Certificate XXI" session sold out [...]
Forest Futures: Drones in the forest
How are drones being used to help manage forests? Is it local or world-wide? First, let's distinguish between drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and Unmanned [...]
Book Review: Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright is a book about conceptualizing and creating a post capitalist society. Rather than a strong advocation for any [...]
Student Work: Crossroads for Opportunity in Front of Nations with Declining Populations
Image Source: Jo Di Graphics (using United Nations data) Declining populations have become the norm in a number of countries in the last few decades. [...]
Student Work: Are we all futurists?
After reading Navigating Into the Future or Driven by the Past, I am convinced to believe that we all have a futurist side in us [...]
Things to Consider if You Want to be a Futurist
So you have a friend who is thinking about undertaking a graduate degree in strategic foresight, maybe at the University of Houston’s program. It’s important [...]
What is the logical conclusion of freely abundant virtual consumption?
A former facebook executive went viral for saying “the short term dopamine driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works.” Now [...]
DPC: Weak Signals for Health Care in the United States
Healthcare in the United States is an incredibly polarizing issue. The politics have been gridlocked for a decades. President Obama forced movement in the mechanics [...]