I'm often asked "how do you become a futurist?" and "what makes a good futurist?" To become one, you need to have an aptitude for spotting trends and understanding how they might play out in the future. You also need to be able to think creatively and outside the box. Here are ten tips on how to become a futurist.
Strategic Thinking and Planning: Building an Agile Foundation for Success
Excellent strategic thinking is an absolute necessity if you intend to make forward progress with your most stubborn dilemmas. But thinking strategically isn't the final step in your journey. Thoughts need actions to back them up, which is where strategic planning comes in. Strategic thinking and planning are the tools you will use to develop a thriving brand. But how do they correlate and differ, and how do you apply both? Let’s dive in.
Top Female Futurists: the 50 Leading the Pack (2023)
The top 50 leading female futurists | In response to a flurry of demand, this is a follow-up to a post titled "Where are all the female futurists?". We dive into the top fifty female futurists along with their backgrounds and experiences. Female futurists shape the future. More than ever, businesses are hiring futurists to present a vision of what could happen in their respective industries. The list of female futurists is not long compared to the list of male futurists. The female voice has been absent from the conversation for centuries due to a lack of representation in decision-making bodies like governments or corporations; women are finally stepping up to shape our future with their unique perspectives on these global challenges we face every day. From Global futurists to American & Canadian futurists, you name it, we cover it.
