In a world where we can't know exactly what's coming, the work is to practice our way toward one we want. "How We Future with Lisa Kay Solomon—Practicing Hope to Prep for the Future with Futurist Bob Johansen and Bishop Andy Doyle." lnkd.in/eQb2srgn #DisciplinesofHopeBook #strategicforesight

Special IFTF Foresight Essentials starts September 9, scheduled in AEST and NZST. Designed for strategists, innovation leads, policy advisors, and futures practitioners across Australia & New Zealand. Sept 9 | 9am AEST / 11am NZST 6 sessions, fully online 👉 Register lnkd.in/ePupV5Gd

Some of Becky's favorite foresight tools... The Futures Wheel and Headline the Future! Watch the whole IFTF Foresight Talk here. www.iftf.org/insights/ift... #foresighttalk #strategicforesight #futureswheel #headlinethefuture #foresightpractice

🔭 The future doesn't wait for strategy meetings. Learn to see it coming by building your foresight practice. If your team is still reacting to change instead of anticipating it, it's time to build a different muscle: foresight. 👉https://www.iftf.org/trainings/sep-09-foresight-essentials-online/

Session 1: Sept 9 | 9-11am AEST | 11am-1pm NZST Session 2: Sept 16 | 9am-1pm AEST | 11am-3pm NZST Session 3: Sept 23 | 9am-1pm AEST | 11am-3pm NZST Session 4: Sept 30 | 9am-1pm AEST | 12-4pm NZDT Session 5: Oct 7 | 10am-2pm AEDT | 12-4pm NZDT Session 6: Oct 14 | 10am-2pm AEDT | 12-4pm NZDT

Make sure to sign up on zoom and join IFTF for a conversation with Becky Cooperman, Principal Consultant at White Knuckle Futures, about how she successfully integrated foresight as a framework into the board of her neighborhood school. #foresightpractice #foresighttalk iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Whether you're designing multi-stakeholder foresight processes or curious about what open-source intelligence looks like at the frontier, this is a rare inside look at foresight-making where the futurists themselves made the rules. Register for this IFTF Foresight Talk! iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, we wrap up the 2026 IFTF Experiential Futures training! Thank you to all the learners and participants who collaborated on this experience and designed new artifacts from the future! We can't wait to see the futures you decide to build!

Announcing IFTF's annual in-person summit on Oct 20-21: IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2036—What We Choose Next! Join us to create a collective sanctuary for social imagination. If you would like to attend, and haven't already received an email invitation, let us know: www.iftf.org/projects/ift...

20+ foresight practitioners across a dozen countries produced 10 rigorous, forecasts on the transformation of the global landscape! Join IFTF's Jake Dunagan July 30, to break them down with the creators. iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #foresighttalk #governancefutures #strategicforesight

Register for the next IFTF Foresight Talk? IFTF's Jake Dunagan will be in conversation with a few members of the 10F Consortium, Scott Smith, Managing Partner at Changeist; Vaughn Tan, author of The Uncertainty Mindset; & Bernise Ang, Chief Alchemist at Zeroth Labs. iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Interested in bridging theory and practice? Next week, the only IFTF Experiential Futures training of 2026 begins! Dr. Bea Rodriguez-Fransen describes how the experience of learning Experiential Futures affected her research and practice. Register lnkd.in/gBZjzDgh #foresightessentials

Catch up on the IFTF Foresight Talk: Reimagining the Systems We Inherited - A Call for Cross-Sector Collaboration. www.iftf.org/insights/rei... #foresightalk

Are you ready to see yourself in a future that you care about? What is your action roadmap towards the year 2036? Join IFTF at SFMoMA on July 9-10, to explore artifacts from the future and get a snapshot of yourself in 2036. luma.com/future-of-us... #futureofus #futureselfie2036

Nov 6—3 IFTF faculty members of Foresight Essentials show in real time how organic signal sharing is done when they each present 3 provocative signals of change, then dive into the different possibilities. Come see where their imaginations lead them! iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join IFTF for a 30 min, playful round of signal swapping where we’ll gather for a live discussion of signals and their implications. iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us on 10/9 9am PT, for an informal overview of the IFTF Foresight Essentials Offerings. Discover the best training to help launch your foresight practice, or build a deeper understanding to take your further on your action roadmap. Register on zoom: iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

IFTF is sharing the complete Uncanny Valley Anthology, a set of perspectives and foresight research produced for the IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2024, with IFTF Vantage Partners. vantagepoint.iftf.org/spaces/10347... If you are not an IFTF Vantage partner, start here: www.iftf.org/insights/ai-...

The new book "Navigating the Age of Chaos," from IFTF Distinguished Fellows Bob Johansen and Jamais Cascio, along with United Way Worldwide CEO Angela Williams, introduces a new way of thinking about our future and how we can best engage with accelerating upheaval. www.iftf.org/insights/nav...

Gather ’round the virtual campfire! Sept 18—Stories aren’t just for kids — they expand minds and spark emotions. Join us for an hour of future-focused tales! Dr. Jane McGonigal, IFTF Director of Game Research, will lead this live online event. iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Ten years from now, almost all leaders will be augmented or you’ll be out of the game.” IFTF's Bob Johansen spoke with Amantha Imber about his new book "Navigating the Age of Chaos: A Sense-Making Guide to a BANI World That Doesn’t Make Sense." Listen bit.ly/4p5bO3V

By imagining alternative futures, we can build resilience for tomorrow. Learn to build your own alternative future scenarios with IFTF Scenario Building Training starting September. bit.ly/4eXOFvs #futureready #alternativefutures #futuresthinking #strategicplanning

Are you curious about learning foresight? Register for this free zoom webinar to discover the IFTF Foresight Essentials offering that will help you launch your foresight practice! Thursday October 9 at 9am PT. iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #futuresthinking #strategicforesight

Congratulations to all those Foresight Practitioners who have just completed the IFTF Experiential Futures training with IFTF instructors Jake Dunagan and Jacques Barcia! What futures will you imagine next? #futureready #foresightessentials #experientialfutures

Are we prepared for a total collapse, or a transformation? Refresh your foresight skills with IFTF Scenario Building Training, Sept. The 4 scenarios, Growth, Collapse, Constraint, & Transformation, help us transform uncertainty into opportunity. bit.ly/447u94w

Tomorrow!—Join Institute for the Future’s foresight instructors Lyn Jeffery and Sara Skvirsky for a live 30-min webinar to learn how IFTF Foresight Essentials offerings can help you build a foresight practice and integrate strategic foresight into your work. Register iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"It's the emotional inoculation of the scenario planning that's critical to being able to step into action in the crisis moment." Dr. Connie Razza, from the July 8 IFTF Foresight Talk. Watch the full talk on the IFTF.org media archive. www.iftf.org/insights/typ...

At times, it can feel like you’re living in someone else’s long game. It’s critical to imagine the future for ourselves! Join IFTF on July 8 "IFTF Foresight Talk: Foresight for Movement Leaders in a Time Such as This," with Connie Razza. iftf.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #futuresthinking #foresighttalk

In case you missed it: yesterday Nathalie Lopez, Wayne Pan, and Jacques Barcia led the latest lively Signal Swap conversation, that starts by taking a look at the social implications of Mogul, the movie fantasy league platform. #signalsofchange www.iftf.org/insights/ift...

Join us Aug 5—Dr. Karla Paniagua will share the tools and processes she and her team employed for a future of banking speculative design project. Then, she’ll share her team’s latest work developing public policy for sustainable tourism in Mexico. Register bit.ly/43L4Y9N