In 2014 Sweden made headlines as the first nation to appoint a Minister for the Future, Kristina Persson. Unfortunately, her role only lasted for a year and a half. Sweden’s experience with long-term planning at such a high level is common. Many governments spend a few months to a year thinking about the long-term future before taking a break.
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The post below is a hasty collection of notes from a presentation for the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) which I was meant to share with Dr. Mike Jackson, Shaping Tomorrow's Chairman. Unfortunately, I had some technical difficulties, and Mike had to give the whole presentation himself. I have posted these notes to provide the basic … Continue reading Machine Futuring vs. Computer Aided Futuring
Futuring refers to the formal methods used to explore the future. The internet has offered several ways to increase the ability for humans to gain insight on the future. Shaping Tomorrow’s new Forecast system, offers new technology to further increase the human capacity for understanding the future in a convenient and accelerated manner. Online research … Continue reading Computer Aided Futuring
The response from our Gist reports has been greater than we expected, and we have received feedback from a variety of clients and colleagues. One client was very happy with our wearables Gist and the custom Gists we created for them in a similar style: “I found the wearables Gist very interesting and passed it around … Continue reading Questions About Our Gist Reports and Computer Aided Futuring
A lot of changes have happened at Shaping Tomorrow, and users would have to read through several pages of text on the site to really understand the full extent of all these changes. So, we’ve invited Dr. Mike Jackson, Shaping Tomorrow’s co-founder and former Chairman, to speak more in depth about these changes and their … Continue reading Talking to Mike about the Changes at Shaping Tomorrow
