La Miseria by Christobal Rojas (1886) As you've heard here before, part of good foresight practice is to constantly scan for news and...

Here are four scenarios about the futures of American governance.

(Image credit: Ken Hill/National Park Service) A recently published study has been garnering media attention about permafrost thaw in...

Some interesting news about flexible, biodegradable, bioelectronic paper.

A scenario exploring the evolution and application of virtual alter egos.

I like the analogizing riff he's on here regarding how to think about AI.

Betting Big: Investing in Emerging Energy Technology Join Dr. Lum and other panelists in a discussion about emerging technologies in the...

Across Sectors is our blog series discussing common topics of discussion with a wide variety of our public, private, and non-profit...

Capturing the results of your Practical Foresight activities.

Update your contingency scenarios with a little foresight.

VFS is constantly talking to Executives across a variety of public, private, and non-profit sectors. A few of our current clients...

Fortunately, it doesn’t take very long to have a good discussion about the future.  In fact, ninety minutes will do just fine.

VFS first learned of geoengineering around 2007, and as with all emerging issues, we continue to follow it in our news feeds and assess...

Build your team's shared mental model of your operating environment.

The February edition of IASP's newsletter shared Robin Champ's review of 4 Steps to the Future. The International Association for...

Practical Foresight activity #1: 10 minutes each week to discuss signals of change.

On December 8th, 2023, the FDA announced it approved Casgevy to treat sickle cell disease (SCD), and the excitement is palpable. Casgevy...

A checklist for basic ideas and practices for building team foresight.

Anticipating disruptions and a turbulent year ahead.

It might surprise some people to learn that formal futures studies has a lot of history in it. When it comes to the topic of economic...