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“4 Steps to the Future” by Dr. Richard Lum is a thought-provoking and insightful guide..."
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Richard Lum
- May 12
- 2 min
Where are You Squeezing to Predict, Where are You Relaxing to See Possibilities?
Sometimes we are trying to predict a specific future thing, and other times we are trying to see more of what is possible.
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Richard Lum
- May 5
- 2 min
Practices for Everyday Futures Thinking
Two practices to help with everyday foresight.
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Richard Lum
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Repo in an Autonomous Future
Good foresight requires continuous scanning and emerging issues analysis.
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Richard Lum
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Rebalancing Your Foresight Portfolio
Is it time to rebalance your team’s view of the future threats and opportunities for your organization?
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Richard Lum
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Can You Envision the Machines?
Imagine the world around us in a different way
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Richard Lum
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
Hurricanes, Strategic Shifts, and the Hard Work of Foresight
The thing that makes foresight tough, that can make the work we do seem like a Sisyphean existence, has to do with changing minds.
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Richard Lum
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Opening the Aperture
To do good foresight work, especially in today’s turbulent context, one of the things we need is more information about the wider world.
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Richard Lum
- Sep 9, 2022
- 1 min
The Future is an Expanding Space
“The future” is an expanding space of possibilities, not a contracting one. This is why we typically talk about the futures ahead of us,...
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Richard Lum
- Sep 2, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things #4: Automation and Autonomization
Number four on our list of ten things that your upcoming scenarios or forecasts need to account for is machines doing things without us. ...
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Richard Lum
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
Shifting Your Model
Thinking critically about the future is not simply identifying events that are possible. It is also about shifting between the best models.
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Richard Lum
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things #3: Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology is an amazing (or terrifying, depending upon your point of view) new field that you need to understand.
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Richard Lum
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Knowing What Kind of Foresight You Need
Now that so many more of us are becoming familiar with foresight, we have an opportunity to be more discerning about what we need.
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Richard Lum
- Jul 8, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things Your 10-Year Scenarios Need #2: Geopolitical Shifts
Geopolitics, far from being only the concern of national policy makers, can and does dramatically affect all of us
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Richard Lum
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
10 Things You Need to Include in Your 10-Year Forecasts
10 important trends every long-term scenario needs to include.
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Richard Lum
- Jun 27, 2022
- 1 min
Not Challenging Enough
There are a number of very serious, long-run transitions underway that are reshaping our world in fundamental ways. Climate change is...
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Richard Lum
- Jun 25, 2022
- 1 min
Update: July Training Workshop
Bottom Line: the July 25th workshop at Bard College has been rescheduled to October 11. Due to scheduling conflicts with other projects...
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Richard Lum
- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
Disinformation is Not a Future Problem
In ten years’ time, “disinformation” is not going to be the headline. Something else will. Something else will dominate people’s...
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Richard Lum
- May 27, 2022
- 2 min
Self-Deploying Supply Points
Bottom Line: Military logistics of modern life may see increased automation, capabilities, efficiency, and few people Source: The Nippon...
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Richard Lum
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
The 3 Easiest Ways to Link Foresight to Strategy
It is easy to apply foresight to existing strategy conversations. Here we quickly look at three simple ways to link the two.
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