29 Monday Oct 2012
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Last year I was contacted by the Journal of Futures Studies with an invitation to contribute an essay in their special issue on the Communication of Foresight, a complication focused on the new communication and media strategies people are using to engage people in thinking and acting about the future.
25 Thursday Oct 2012
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What are some useful playdecks for sparking creativity and innovation?
That was this week’s question that went out on twitter, and below are some of your responses.
The number of decks out there is large, so I decided to curate this list based on whether there’s a full free version available online, or at the least a nice sample deck to get you started. So below are 21 tools, ranging from general design process principles to cards on game dynamics, facilitation methods, and long-range futures thinking. Under the descriptions, which are excerpted from the playdeck websites, are links to their free downloads. Below that are another 39 decks, toolkits and further resource lists for creative and innovative thinking.
Thanks to all who helped compile this.. Did we miss any?
23 Tuesday Oct 2012
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Embarking upon the master’s path is a decision to go on a journey.
It can’t be embraced with society’s quick-fix mentality, expecting instant gratification and immediate results, but rather through a commitment to a lifelong process of learning, development and change.
In Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment, George Leonard identifies three patterns of behavior that tend to knock us off the path, represented in the personas of the Dabbler, the Obsessive, and the Hacker.
Can you identify with any of these characters?
18 Thursday Oct 2012
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I’ve been hunting around for examples of future maps and graphics, hoping to be inspired by designs combining great content and form. Thanks to your responses on twitter and facebook, here are a handful of images to stimulate your thinking about where we’re headed next!
1 . A Multiverse of Exploration: The Future of Science 2021
A map by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) focused on six big stories of science that will play out over the next decade: Decrypting the Brain, Hacking Space, Massively Multiplayer Data, Sea the Future, Strange Matter, and Engineered Evolution.
full size image here
15 Monday Oct 2012
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