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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...

Richard Lum
Jun 25, 20221 min read


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...

Richard Lum
Jun 20, 20222 min read


Self-Deploying Supply Points
Bottom Line: Military logistics of modern life may see increased automation, capabilities, efficiency, and few people Source: The Nippon...

Richard Lum
May 27, 20222 min read


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.

Richard Lum
Apr 27, 20223 min read


The Simple Organizational Benefits of Foresight Training
Foresight training transforms scattered staff insights into a shared organizational understanding of emerging threats and opportunities.

Richard Lum
Apr 18, 20224 min read


Competing for National Security and Resilience Partnerships
Bottom Line: the options – and competition – for national security and resilience partnerships will grow in the years ahead. Introduction...

Richard Lum
Apr 11, 20223 min read


The DAO of Foresight
Bottom Line: foresight helps organizations anticipate today more of what is possible tomorrow. This is the way…

Richard Lum
Mar 25, 20224 min read


The US Needs a Vision for the Future
The challenge of being an incumbent, of being king of the hill, is that you don’t want change. You like things the way they are. The...

Richard Lum
Mar 18, 20224 min read


Big Tech and the Futures of Conflict
There has been an understandable amount of discussion in the past two weeks about the role that social media and big tech are playing in...

Richard Lum
Mar 17, 20222 min read
The Shared Economic Impacts of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Across various analyses, the conclusion is that it amounts to an unneeded shock to economies around the world still trying to pull out of...

Richard Lum
Mar 16, 20222 min read


Emerging Issues for 2022
With rapid changes occurring across the social, technical, and political landscapes, IW-focused organizations need analytic frameworks...

Richard Lum
Mar 14, 20221 min read


Ukraine in a Futures Context
Conflict is becoming increasingly difficult to disentangle from daily life.

Richard Lum
Mar 1, 20222 min read


Anticipating Future Disruptions
Part 3 of Vision Foresight Strategy's new video mini-series: Reframing the Future 2021. Anticipating Future Disruptions gives you tips...

Richard Lum
Jul 7, 20211 min read


Defense Futures: Why All Our Scenarios Should be Disruptive
(note: this article was originally published in 2016) I am often struck by the fact that, from a futures perspective, many of the...

Richard Lum
Jun 14, 20215 min read


4 Steps to the Future
Part 2 of Vision Foresight Strategy's mini-series: Reframing the Future 2021 4 Steps to the Future is a step-by-step approach to...

Richard Lum
May 25, 20211 min read


What is Foresight?
First of Vision Foresight Strategy's mini-series: Reframing the Future 2021 A brief 4 minute video on what foresight is and how every...

Richard Lum
May 10, 20211 min read


A Contest over Culture, and More.
For so many of these "competitions" - things like narrative, "AI", space - the future isn't going to be one-and-done.

Richard Lum
Apr 22, 20211 min read


Citizens and Involuntary Militia
A recent post in Small Wars Journal provides another scan hit supporting the maturation of an emerging issue we worked up back in 2017,...

Richard Lum
Apr 13, 20211 min read


3 Tips to Develop Foresight Skills
With uncertainty and volatility affecting every aspect of our lives and organizations, one of the critical leadership skills is to have...

Richard Lum
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Being Proactive- How to Stop Putting out Fires
Does your morning routine consist primarily of putting out fires and reacting to events within your organization? Do external events...

Richard Lum
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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