Category: Planning Futuring Strategy

As high school physics classes teach us, there is difference between speed and velocity. The former is directionless, the latter has both pace and direction. We presently have a direction deficit. Despite the noise around the acceleration of technology and the exponential pace of...

I am pleased to introduce Bronwyn Williams and welcome her to the Futurist.com Think Tank. Bronwyn, from Johannesburg, South Africa, has educational credentials in marketing, economics, foresight, and future studies. She is a provocative and original thinker and writer. She shares her thinking at...

Each year – like many people – Futurist.com Chief Futurist Nikolas Badminton writes his predictions for the following year. These aim to draw attention to areas that maybe haven’t been considered and to ignite some thinking. Let’s dive into his 2021 predictions – the year...

Glen Hiemstra appeared recently on the Singularity podcast, Singularity FM, with host Nikola Danaylov, where they discussed 40 years of futurism and the idea that the future is something we do. Danaylov’s blog, Singularity Weblog and his podcast Singularity.fm are among the longest running...

This decade is and will continue to be the most disruptive and transformative decade in history. Just look at the first five months. How has it been for you? Yet, we are living within a pandemic of magical thinking. [Editor note from Glen Hiemstra:...