The Future Is Coming Faster Than You Think
As motorists, we continually scan the areas of the road to our left, right, and behind us, but the most important place to examine is… Read More »The Future Is Coming Faster Than You Think
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Are You Living in The Past or The Future?
Some people are fascinated by the past and enjoy reflecting on and learning about everything that has occurred up until the present time (possibly thinking… Read More »Are You Living in The Past or The Future?
Are We Ready To Give Up Agency To Save Time?
I have spent the better part of the past few years advocating for goods and services that cater to the inherent slothfulness in all human… Read More »Are We Ready To Give Up Agency To Save Time?
How Are Those Long Range Scanners Working Out?
Are You Looking Far Enough Into The Future? Since our earliest days as primitive savannah wanderers, we humans have had a natural tendency to prioritize… Read More »How Are Those Long Range Scanners Working Out?
You Can’t Innovate Without Thinking About The Future
There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy facilitating our customers’ foresight initiatives. It is easier to help your inventors disconnect their current day-to-day… Read More »You Can’t Innovate Without Thinking About The Future
Face The Future Without Fear: Tomorrow Is Yours To Choose
What kind of futurist are you? I was actually asked this once at a job interview. I replied, “Is there more than one kind?” A… Read More »Face The Future Without Fear: Tomorrow Is Yours To Choose
The Future Is More Important Than Ever
One of the most challenging things to convince people is the essential need to “look farther out.” Most people are so focused on the very… Read More »The Future Is More Important Than Ever
Are You Shaking The Box?
Have you heard of the term “shaking the box”? It’s a great way to trigger new thinking – or at least try to unearth current… Read More »Are You Shaking The Box?
Thinking About The Future Is Meaningless
A few posts back, I wrote a note about something I’d recently seen in one of the all-hands meetings of one of my clients. This… Read More »Thinking About The Future Is Meaningless
Do You Fear The Future?
Most can barely think three months out, let alone ten years out. But sometime in those ten years, there is a 96% chance that your business… Read More »Do You Fear The Future?
Stepping Into The Same River Twice
Determining the correct decision in any specific situation requires the ability to look at both qualitative and quantitative data. However, all of this data comes… Read More »Stepping Into The Same River Twice
Learn To Embrace The Future
As a futurist, I’m always thinking about and living in the future and the fantastic possibilities that the future holds. I look at the ideas… Read More »Learn To Embrace The Future
The Upside Of Black Swans
The Coronavirus is a Black Swan: The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes… Read More »The Upside Of Black Swans
The Future Is Already Here. Full Stop.
The famous quote from the original cyberpunk author William Gibson – “the future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed” is everywhere, and mostly… Read More »The Future Is Already Here. Full Stop.
Get Your Silicon Valley Magic Dust, Right Here.
I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999, near the tail end of the craziness around Web 1.0. Webvan (a now-defunct delivery company)… Read More »Get Your Silicon Valley Magic Dust, Right Here.
Humans Are Awesome
“Oh, what a piece of work is man.” Have you ever just stopped and looked around you and marveled at everything around you? Unless you… Read More »Humans Are Awesome