Back to the Future, a technology foresight handbook
Sometimes, artists do a better job at futurism than non-fiction thinkers. I maintain, for example, that the best books on the subject of technology…
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Future trends and how to use them for business strategy
People love to think about future trends. Hearing about new technologies and emerging social behavior is always engaging when it comes to TV programs…
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Best books to get you started in futures studies
Futures studies can seem like both an esoteric art and a complex social science, impenetrable to the neophyte and indispensable for the modern leader.…
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An effective tool to use scenarios in your business planning
We frequently talk about future trends and trend analysis, but the story doesn’t stop there. Ultimately, your efforts in tracking trends should be all…
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How to use trend analysis for business strategy
The basis of our work at Competitive Futures is trend analysis, the study of data that shows how the world is changing over time. This sounds very…
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Futures studies and the psychology of loss
When you begin working in the discipline of futures studies, you immediately dive into the mechanics of organizing data. You learn about how to…
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Update on Guitar Center Q4 2014 finances
People have been asking me to comment on Guitar Center’s Q4 2014 financial performance. Like any pro musician, I take requests! The following…
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Elon Musk is in the Electric Grid Business – Not the Car Business
People act confused about why a “car company” such as Elon Musk’s Tesla would want a home battery company. That’s only because they’ve forgotten…
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Why I’m proud to be a futurist
The word sounds cool and has such a weight to it. It ought to be a sought after job title, yet despite my experience as a bona fide professional…
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Update on the strategic wargame in St. Louis
A few weeks ago I decided to treat the events around the death of Michael Brown like a strategic wargame used by executives to predict actor behavior…
