Category: Planning Futuring Strategy

Exploring and envisioning the long-term future is a valuable activity for successful transformational leadership and for organizations that want to succeed. I made the case for a 20-year horizon for future scanning and vision when I wrote Turning the Future Into Revenue. The 20-year...

This is a long form version of an article I wrote for the Farm Credit Banks about the future of farm labor. The bottom line in this piece is that, while automation and robotics will eventually impact how farm work gets done, indeed already...

Futurist.com welcomes Anne Boysen as a new member of our Think Tank group. Anne is available for presentations, interviews, and consulting and you can read a bit about her here. Anne originally authored this article on how data science enhances foresight at LinkedIn, see...

I had a fun experience today while walking the main drag in my West Seattle neighborhood. I wandered past the brand new branch of Verity Credit Union. Two years ago I had the opportunity to lead a Futurist.com evening and day of long-range strategic...

How can an organization overcome resistance to change? In this excerpt from my Keynote to the Transas Global 2018 conference in Vancouver BC, I discuss my organization change formula. The formula is: D x V + FW > R which means Dissatisfaction times Vision...