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...

We should not be surprised by groups resisting the arrival of powerful machine and automation tools.

European researchers are working on an artificial womb

Researchers from Monash University recently announced an interesting success in using digital fabrication (in this case, 3D bioprinting)...

Big picture discussions on war and the changing world order.

A recent podcast offers a useful high level review of AI governance in the US today.

Dr. Richard Lum mentioned in the news.

“4 Steps to the Future” by Dr. Richard Lum is a thought-provoking and insightful guide..."

Sometimes we are trying to predict a specific future thing, and other times we are trying to see more of what is possible.

Two practices to help with everyday foresight.

Good foresight requires continuous scanning and emerging issues analysis.