Recent Publications
THE SEVEN ECONOMY FUTURE#10YF2015The 2015 Ten-Year Forecast Annual Retreat explored the seven distinctive economies that evolve according to its own internal set of rules: the corporate, consumer, collaborative, creative, civil, criminal, and crypto economy.We face a future in which our familiar templates for business plans are obsolete. Even the language of business planning—the very term...
This powerpoint provides an additional view of the Human+Machine in Full Color report that can be shared and used in your organization. The design of this powerpoint is to breakdown and call out many of the main arguments and forecasts of the Human+Machine in Full Color report which focuses on the range of human and machine interaction in the future.
IFTF's report, Human+Machine Futures in Full Color: Extending Our Senses and Ourselves, is both a provocation and a design framework.
For those who will be buying, using, and interfacing with wearables, prosthetics, and implantables (which will be almost everyone), it offers alternative glimpses into what that future experience could feel like. It provides a language to describe desirable (and...
Each video presents a possible future of work. Using these scenario videos challenge yourself to think about what the future of work might look like and how your team or organization can meet the new challeneges and opportunities in the world of work.
IFTF and our team of experts will walk you through the changing world of economics, work, and technology in this conference utelizing powerpoints from our IFTF researchers and outside experts, as well as our new card deck workshop.
Defining organizational strategy for the future has never
been more challenging. Today’s rapid technological changes fuel deeper cultural
shifts that alter how we work, communicate, create,
and consume.
Institute for the Future invites you on a quest to explore
and create your organization’s future.
This card game offers a get-your-hands-dirty-quickly approach
to forecasting and strategy....
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow shaper.”
–W.B. Yeats
Today, we live in a highly networked world. An astounding array of everyday objects—from food to furniture, buildings to bodies, cars to cities—are becoming connected and interconnected across scales. Imagine moving beyond today's most grandiose visions of an “Internet of...
On May 16-17, our Technology Horizons Program embarked on a journey through three future time horizons through the present era of Abundant Data, beyond the near future Internet of Things, and into the Age of Networked Matter. Over the next decade, technological breakthroughs will give us new lenses to observe and interact with the wondrous and complex interconnections of systems across all scales...
