connecting to futures

 The Association of Professional Futurists is a global community of futurists, dedicated to promoting professional excellence and demonstrating the value of strategic foresight and futures studies for their clients and/ or employers. Futurists work in global corporations, small businesses, consultancies, education, non-profits, and government. Founded in 2002, the APF now includes more than 400 members from 40 countries.

 https://www.apf.org/ 

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 Bryan Alexander is an internationally known futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field of how technology transforms education.  Also see Futures Trends videos.

 https://bryanalexander.org/ 

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcx8yl6hlPC3QjlbIHzxGqCP3qRa0zcg 

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DaVinci Institute -  Founded in 1997 as a 501(C3) non-profit, by internationally renowned futurist, author, and keynote speaker, Thomas Frey, the DaVinci Institute has a long-standing reputation in Colorado as a powerhouse consulting, networking firm, and think tank. 

 https://davinciinstitute.com/ 

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 FuturePod gathers voices from the international field of Futures and Foresight. Through a series of interviews, the founders of the field and emerging leaders share their stories, tools and experiences.  

 https://www.futurepod.org/ 

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 Futurist.com is an international consultancy focused on long-range future trends and on strategies and techniques for shaping the preferred future. Our commitment is to a greater understanding of and enthusiasm about the future and future-related subjects. 

 https://www.futurepod.org/  

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 The Institute for the Future is the world's leading futures thinking organization. For over 50 years,
businesses, governments and social impact organizations have depended upon IFTF global forecasts,
custom research, and foresight training to navigate complex change and develop world-ready strategies
for the future. 

http://www.iftf.org/home/

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 By giving young people the tools to engage with the future early in life, we are equipping them to face uncertainties and challenges and helping them discover their role in shaping the future. Education is meant to prepare students for the future, something we can only do well if we teach the future itself.  Peter Bishop

 https://www.teachthefuture.org/ 

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 The European Futures Observatory (EUFO to its friends) was established in 2004 with three purposes in mind. First, to provide a vehicle through which the practice of futures could be demonstrated to a wider public. Second, to provide a vehicle through which young futurists could gain practical experience to enhance their CVs. Third, to help to develop a European approach to the study of the future. We also publish a range of works that relate to the future, along with reports on meetings that we attend that might have an impact on our futures work. Please visit our publications page to access this material. 

 http://www.eufo.org/ 

  The future is not something that happens to us. It is the world we weave from the confluence of past gifts, present decisions and future-directed action. “The ability to take forward views and use the insights gained in organisationally useful ways” Richard Slaughter

 https://foresightinternational.com.au/sample-page/ 

 With over 20 years’ experience of practicing the science of foresight with major international corporations, government institutions, associations and non-profits, The Futures Lab, Inc. can proudly say that we are experts in delivering revolutionary, actionable visions and strategies for the future of a multitude of industries and geographies. Our passion is to create your preferred future. 

 http://futures-lab.com/home 

 We upskill future-ready leadership mindset and strategy for uncertain, complex, and exponential paradigm shifts. 

 https://www.haku.global/ 

 The ESHIP Summit is a convening that brings together entrepreneurial ecosystem builders – leaders connecting communities to accelerate entrepreneurship.

 https://www.kauffman.org/eship-summit/ 

 Metafuture is an educational think tank which explores futures-oriented issues. Our approach to futures thinking and practice (theories, methods, tools and processes) is based on the "Six Pillars" model which inquires into alternative and preferred futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.  

 https://www.metafuture.org/ 

 Methods for learning about the future have been in use by large businesses and governments for decades, but the process was simply too complex for most individuals and small businesses. The Personal Futures Network introduces some new, easily understood approaches that will help you think and plan like a futurist. You will be able learn about and plan for your personal and small business futures.

 http://www.personalfutures.net/ 

 Deliberately recasting ideas and choices in narrative terms makes them easier to understand and remember.  Consciously using storytelling will enable you to communicate complex issues more clearly to your employees and clients. Noticing when you’ve started unconsciously slotting facts and ideas into a narrative can help you avoid group-think and confirmation bias. Narrative Futures can help you use storytelling to discover, articulate and communicate new and transformational ideas.

 https://narrativefutures.com/ 

Numbers, facts and trends shaping your world.   Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions. 

 https://www.pewresearch.org/ 

 Singularity University is a global learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and build a better future for all. Our collaborative platform empowers individuals and organizations across the globe to learn, connect, and innovate breakthrough solutions using accelerating technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital biology. We offer educational programs, courses, and summits; enterprise strategy, leadership, and innovation programs; programs to support and scale startups and promote social impact; and online news and content. The SU community includes entrepreneurs, corporations, global nonprofits, governments, investors, and academic institutions in more than 127 countries. With over 5,000 impact initiatives, our community is driving positive change in the areas of health, environment, security, education, energy, food, prosperity, water, space, disaster resilience, shelter, and governance.

 https://su.org/ 

 Futures Studies is a scientific research field involving scholars and researchers across many disciplines. There are undergraduate and post graduate programs available in universities around the world. 

The WFSF, since its inception, has encouraged and supported a pluralistic approach to futures studies. This pluralisation of futures opens up the territory for envisioning and creating alternative and preferred futures. A major focus of futures studies for us at WFSF is how we envisage and develop desirable outcomes in the times ahead.

 https://wfsf.org/ 

https://wfsf.org/books-from-the-21st-century/

A global initiative to reimagine how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet.  UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative aims to rethink education and shape the future. The initiative is catalyzing a global debate on how knowledge, education and learning need to be reimagined in a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and precarity.  

 https://en.unesco.org/futuresofeducation/ 

 The Foresight program at the University of Houston offers education and training in futures thinking and methodologies in a variety of formats that are customized for different learners with different needs. 

    https://www.houstonforesight.org/ 

   · https://www.houstonforesight.org/blog/

   · https://www.houstonforesight.org/foresight-resources/

Directory of foresight resources. It lists communities, degree programs, courses, people, employers, organizations, and educational materials that help advance our global foresight culture. It can be edited by any future-oriented person who wants to help.

http://GlobalForesight.org 

 Futures studies encourages the contemplation of many possible futures, and facilitates dialogue between groups with competing or conflicting visions. The Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies (Hawaii Futures) was established by the Hawaii State Legislature in 1971. It is one of the world's most renowned institutions for futures research, consulting, and education.

 http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/  

Essays, tools, resources, and activities for teaching futures.  Site by Wendy Schultz. 

 http://www.infinitefutures.com/ifmap.shtml 

 Having certainty about what will happen in the future is impossible. However, all sectors and organisation types can benefit from thinking about what might happen and exploring the possible implications of different projected futures. The ability to look forward and make informed projections about the future is important when setting strategy, making plans and evaluating potential courses of action.

Futures and foresight techniques can help visualise what the future might look like, allowing the benefits and drawbacks of different options and actions to be explored.

 https://www.rand.org/randeurope/methods/futures-and-foresight-studies.html 

 RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research organisation that helps to improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. Our findings and recommendations are based on rigorously peer-reviewed research and analysis. We aim to benefit the public interest through the impact and wide dissemination of our work. 

  https://www.rand.org/randeurope/methods/futures-and-foresight-studies/work.html  

 To bring the most advanced understanding to how organizations, teams, and communities design, plan, and implement innovation with long-term and human centered perspectives.

Our areas of interest include: future user need-finding; third cycle design; blue sky research models; moonshot program development; organizing for disruptive, radical and architectural innovation; and tools for bringing foresight abilities into organizations.. 

  https://foresight.stanford.edu/  

ELINA HILTUNEN - WEAK SIGNALS

 Listed as one of the top 50 female futurists in the world in Forbes. DSc. and MSc. Author. Keynote speaker. www.whatsnext.fi Location: Finland. 

 https://medium.com/@elinahiltunen