Jason Crabtree will become resident futurist for the Workforce Planning, Analytics & Insights department at Disney Parks & Resorts in Orlando this summer as part of their paid professional internship program. While there he will be focusing on the challenges and risks associated with the future of employment in order to better support business decisions specific to workforce issues and talent management strategies. In addition to this exciting professional opportunity, he looks forward to making the most of his time in Florida. With Cape Canaveral, the Florida Keys, and the Everglades all close by and the Bahamas and Cuba only a boat ride away, he should have plenty to keep him busy!
Ben Lummis spent the Spring semester as an intern for the Policy Planning Unit in the Data and Research division at UNICEF, and it was just extended through his graduation from the foresight program this August. His focus is to further develop the organization’s foresight knowledge base with methodologies for youth and suggestions for application to particular age groups and regions around the world. UNICEF truly has a global impact” Lummis says. “Their passion for youth issues exemplified by extensive reporting and encompassing groundwork is a daily inspiration.”
Johann Schutte will be interning at UCB, a multinational bio-pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He will work with the Atlanta operation, which has recently established an internal foresight capability. He will assist with environmental scanning on a wide range of topics, as well as working on a few specific topics. In addition to research and analysis, he will also do some workshop design and facilitation
