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Solving Tough Problems: A Futures Book Review
Solving Tough Problems is about conflict resolution, communication, and using scenarios to think about the future. Although it’s marketed as a business book, the material [...]
Geo-engineering on the horizon?
Futures grad student Dennis Coffey sent me a nice piece -- The business of cooling the planet -- from Fortune on Bill Gates getting mobilized [...]
Houston Futures Scanning Hits- 10.31.2011
How are you viewing this blog? Using your laptop, IPAD or other tablet, your cell phone, a wide screen monitor or maybe even your television [...]
Yergin's talk at UH suggests a similar energy picture in 20 years
....although things could get interesting after that, due to the long lead time required for significant changes in the energy systems. We simply can't "switch" [...]
World of work portends greater flexibility, and greater uncertainty
Enjoyed my presentation at the High Tech Conference at Lone Star CC on Friday. I gave my "Dozen Surprises about the Future of Work" talk, [...]