Category: Planning Futuring Strategy

This past week I had the privilege of helping to host the Association of Professional Futurists in an annual gathering, as part of the planning committee. The Association was celebrating its 15th Anniversary, and it was an opportunity for these professional futurists to look...

Creating a new transportation future is one of my favorite themes. A variety of developments are making this possible, from autonomous driving possibilities to new tech like Hyperloop, to intelligent infrastructure and the desirability of denser more walkable cities. This Spring I had the...

The most distinguishing feature of humans is that we contemplate the future. We are built to be futurists. This is the conclusion drawn from recent scientific work, according to Martin E.P. Seligman and John Tierney in the New York Times. In their article, “We...

After I spoke to the DHL Energy conference, their industry publication, Delivered, called for an extended interview. The focus was on the nature of my work as a futurist. You can read the full article here, but among the things that I shared were…...

Last week I was invited by Popular Mechanics to sit down for a podcast interview on my futurist work, including how to think like a futurist. This was for their longer series How Your World Works podcast, which they make available on iTunes. There...