At the conclusion of the Foresight “field” module in our capstone Professional Seminar
class, we played our annual Foresight Jeopardy game. The module explores the field the students are about to enter. We have created lists over the years of practitioners, books, organizations, movies and the like, and we usually start with that material. The categories of the game include futurists (past and present), books (past and present), foresight organizations, and movies about the future.
It’s interesting to note that in the era of Google, rote memorization is certainly less needed, but we feel it’s still important to know the field, for instance, in order to network effectively with other professionals (who is that Peter Bishop guy? [ha ha, just kidding Peter]). As a teacher, I’m concerned that a prospective employer would say, “that person graduated from Houston and didn’t know about, say, The Art of Conjecture.”
Oh, and of course, the moment of truth: Adam Cowart seized the crown as the 2015 Foresight Jeopardy Champion. It was right down to the wire with runner-up Mike Phelan. Congratulations to Adam for joining last year’s champ, Karl Irish, as Foresight Jeopardy champion. Andy Hines
