Describing a futurist
Futurists do far more than horizon scanning or trend analysis or scenario planning. They listen and understand, they analyze and formulate, and then they make the case to move forward.
Futurists do far more than horizon scanning or trend analysis or scenario planning. They listen and understand, they analyze and formulate, and then they make the case to move forward.
Today we present our first video where Laura Schlehuber interviews a few futurists and gets their go-to explanations for “what is foresight?”.
Throughout my career, one thing I’ve realized is sometimes you just need to raise your hand and jump in with both feet.
One of the most significant ideas that Kelly proposes is that tools (technologies) never die. “Technologies are idea based, and culture is their memory.”
I have been asking my professors how foresight has been kept such a secret for eight-plus decades and why it is so often approached in isolation of other closely related disciplines.
"Everyone really had a great time. The energy was super-positive. We got lots of comments about how great it was to be back together in person. I think this will go down as a semi-legendary event."