The post with the links in it...

Here is one of those posts where I just list a bunch of different links and call it a "resource post". No original thought here. These are, what I feel, are important links for different aspects of foresight/futures. I cover organizations, educational resources, consultants, corporate programs, topical sites and some key blogs and books. It's meant to be representational and not comprehensive. I will continually update this list. Enjoy!

Organizations:

• APF - Association of Professional Futurists [LINK]
• WFS - World Future Society [LINK]
• SCIP - Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals [LINK]
• WFSF - World Futures Studies Federation [LINK]

Education:

• University of Houston Futures Studies [LINK]
• University of Notre Dame - Foresight in Business and Society [LINK]
• Regent University - Masters of Arts in Strategic Foresight [LINK]
• Foresight Education Project [LINK]
• Singularity University [LINK]
• Swinburne - Masters of Management (Strategic Foresight) [LINK]
• Stellenbosch University - MPhil in Future Studies [LINK]

Consultants:

• Foresight Alliance [LINK]
• Innovaro [LINK]
• Leading Futurists [LINK]
• andSpace Consulting [LINK]
• The Futures Lab [LINK]

Corporate:

• BCG Center for Sensing and Mining the Future [LINK]
• Shell (Global Scenarios) [LINK]
• Northrop Grumman Analysis Center [LINK]
• IBM Research - Global Technology Outlook [LINK]
• Deutsche Bank - Foresight - Alfred Herrhausen Society [LINK] [LINK]
• Siemens - Pictures of the Future [LINK]
• Daimler - Society and Technology Research Group [LINK]

Resources/Additional Links:

• Shaping Tomorrow [LINK]
• Foresight (future studies) [LINK]
• Corporate foresight [LINK]
• Technology forecasting [LINK]

Reach for the Stars...

Not much commentary on this one, just a great commercial that was produced back in 2006 (I think). Thanks to NASA Watch for reminding me of it. It shows the importance of vision, long-term thinking, and that as long as we inspire each new generation, the unrealized dreams of previous generations always have a fighting chance.