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The Future of Design and Design Thinking

17 July 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Association of Professional Futurists next #futrchat will be held on Thursday, 21 July at 4:00-5:00pm ET, 9pm BST, Friday 6:00am Sydney. The topic is the future of design. A big one, but an important one when interpreted broadly. During 2010, a colleague – Elizabeth Rudd of FutureNous – and I did some work on [...]

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Connecting Minds 3: Post WFS Conference

12 July 2011 By Leave a Comment

I have attended my first World Future Society conference, and I have to say, I think it will be my last. Not because there is anything wrong with it, but like most conferences I attend, I learned nothing new. Perhaps I should not expect to? As many people said to me, the conference is better [...]

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Connecting Minds 2: APF Professional Development Day

9 July 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The professional development day of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) was held on Saturday, 7 July at the Vancouver Public Library, which makes an architectural statement in its own right. . The Day opened with a welcome from Mary-Jane Naquin and Jennifer Jarratt, followed by introductions – we each answered the question “we had [...]

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Connecting Minds 1: Getting Started in Vancouver

9 July 2011 By Leave a Comment
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I’m currently in Vancouver to attend the World Future Society Conference for the first time, and attend the professional development day of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF). I’ll be doing a set of posts from Vancouver here, and they will also be posted to APFLive. Last night, Foresight Canada and Ruben Nelso hosted a dinner [...]

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