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Student Submission: What Stays the Same: Finding emerging issues in human needs
Where the future is intrinsically unpredictable, human needs are relatively and consistent over time.
Student submission: Futures and Grief
Something I realized midway through my journey in the Foresight program was that every time the future shifts on us there is grief... As consultants, we’re watching the horizon for these shifts in the future that will undoubtedly come in one fashion or another and we’re asking others to trust us to help them prepare, to see, and to move.
It’s here: SG 2023: Images of the Future AGENDA
What purposes do images of the future serve? How are images of the future most effectively communicated? How are images of the future constructed? [...]
Jan Foresight Seminar: Together Again!
Say hello to the Professional Certificate in Foresight class of Jan '23, the first seminar class we've had in person since COVID!
Living Between Myth and Metaphor: New Article by Adam Cowart
Our own adjunct professor Adam Cowart was recently published in the Journal of Futures Studies. Living Between Myth and Metaphor: Level 4 of Causal Layered [...]
Introducing Our New Foresight Advisory Board
We're pleased to introduce our new Foresight Advisory Board. They are going to help with the next program strategic plan, as the program moves into [...]
Foresight Student Keith Willeford wins First Place Critical Issues in Energy
Giant congratulations goes out to current foresight student Keith Willeford for winning UH's Critical Issues in Energy writing competition. The Prompt Rising electricity prices, increasing [...]
Garry Golden speaks at NORA
Alum and adjunct professor Garry Golden recently spoke at the Northeastern Oklahoma Regional Alliance 2022 Summit.
Save the Date! 2023 Spring Gathering
Download: Save the Date SG 2023
New Student Orientation
One week before the fall semester started, Andy, Laura and April hosted a new student orientation for all our fall students (72 total, 30 new). [...]
Registration open: in-person Certificate in Foresight
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve opened registration for our first in-person Professional Certificate in Foresight seminar in over a year! Seating is limited to 35 [...]
The Need for Foresight – Interview with Alumni Ali Llewellyn
In this video, Laura Schlehuber interviews Houston Foresight alumni Ali Llewellyn on her passions and humanity in the next 20 years. Laura: We as creatures, [...]