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2022 Foresight Jeopardy Champ is Lavonne Leong
This year’s Foresight Jeopardy champion is Lavonne Leong, a Master’s student who is also an Associate Editor with World Futures Review. She prevailed at the [...]
Competing in the New World of Work
What did the most successful leadership teams do during the pandemic to pivot, innovate, and thrive in an era of uncertainty?
Skeptical Spectacle! Spring Gathering 2022
Join with University of Houston students, faculty, alumni, and friends as we gather to celebrate and share Foresight - past, present and future - together!
Futurist’s Review: Planning Matter: Acting With Things
In Planning Matter, we are left with a vision of how “things” influence and shape human action, but not how we might all negotiate among ourselves if these things actually possess some level of sentience. Perhaps technology will never reach this level, but it is intriguing to ponder the possibilities.
Event: The Future of Childhood, Learning, and Play
What will the next generation be like? Friday, February 18th 10:00 – 11:00 am CST Click here to join this event Download the flier Registration [...]
Student Roger Spitz interview: Disruption, Transformative Change & Misinformation
Throw Back Thursday! (That's still a thing, right?) Foresight student Roger Spitz talks with Demetrios Brinkmann of Are You a Robot: In this episode, we [...]
APF announces Global Gathering
We've got a save the date for the APF Global Gathering: Toronto 12-14 May
Watch: APF Awards Ceremony feat. Students Heather Benoit Kampa & JT Mudge
APF held its End of Year Awards Ceremony celebrating the Student Recognition Program and awarding both Foresight students JT Mudge and Heather Benoit Kampa first place (yep, they tied!).
Strategic Foresight in U.S. Agencies
The question, then, is: How can American policymakers adequately value the long term given the inherent uncertainty of the future and the resulting pressure to focus on the short term?
Student Heather Benoit presents at Austin Design Week
Last month, our own Heather Benoit presented on The Future of Cities for Austin Design Week. Founded in 2016, Austin Design Week’s (ADW) mission is [...]
Virtual Professional Certificate in Foresight Starts Jan 12th!
Spots are going fast for our next Foresight seminar starting January 12th! This 5 day, virtual boot camp immerses you in the basics of [...]
Spread the word – IMPACT: Learning Edition
We're thrilled to promote futures thinking, especially when 3 of our own (Katie King, Maria Gabriela Romero Mejias, Jason Swanson) are involved in the organization! [...]