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vol.
8, no. 1 (Spring-Summer 2009)
third
thematic issue, “International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on
the Future”
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vol.
7, no. 3 (Winter 2008-2009)
articles
·
Pakistan’s Alternative Futures – Beyond the Pendulum of the Military General and the Politician, by
Sohail Iyanatullah, p. 1
·
The Automation of
Thought – Information Technology Holds the Key to Global
Maturity, by William E. Halal, p. 1
·
Can
You Already See the Weak Signals of the Next Economic Boom,
by Elina Hiltunen, p. 13
·
Visioning
And Creating Our Shared Future – Engaging Everyone,
by Brenda Walsh, p. 15
WFS
Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Winter 2008-2009,
edited
by Peter Bishop, Steve Steele,
and Dave Stein, p. 18
columns
·
The
Think Tank, p. 14
book
reviews
·
Lockout, by Michele Wucker (book review / discussion
synopsis by Ken Harrks), p. 12
·
The Tipping Point:
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference,
by Malcolm Gladwell (book
review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 16
vol.
7, no. 2 (Fall 2008)
articles
·
PARK’S
LAW: “The more broadband penetration,the less is leadership
popularity”, by
Youngsook
Park
, p. 1
·
Public
Education,
by Charles Hagberg, p. 1
WFS
Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Fall 2008,
edited
by Peter Bishop, Steve Steele,
and Dave Stein, p. 11
columns
·
The
Think Tank, p. 10
book
reviews
·
Millennial
Makeover: MySpace,
YouTube and the Future of American Politics, by Morley Winograd and Mike Hais (book review discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 7
synopses
·
World
Future 2008 – A Conference Highlight: The Great Challenges Today
and Tomorrow (synopsis of presentation by Jerry Glenn, Director,
Millennium Project, World Federation of United Nations Associations,
synopsized by Jay Herson), p. 9
vol.
7, no. 1 (Spring-Summer 2008)
second
thematic issue, “International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on
the Future”
articles
·
The West and Islam:
Back to the Future, by
Samah Alrayyes Norquist, Founder, Global Partners LLC, p. 1
·
Global Agriculture
2020, by Timothy C. Mack,
President, World Future Society, p. 2
·
Syria
, an Inside Look, by Wendy Keslick, Director, Children Creating Bridges, p. 4
·
Organizational
Culture – Preparing for Future Strategic Practices,
by Robert Angel, p. 11
·
Accommodating the
Flow of People, by Stephen
Aguilar-Millan, p. 14
·
Leading Social
Adaptation – an Empirical Approach,
by David Day, p. 19
·
South Africa
's Youth Bulge: Risk or
Opportunity
? by Itha Taljaard,
p. 24
·
Contributions of
Different Cultural-Religious Traditions to Different Aspects of
Peace – Leading to a Holistic, Integrative View of Peace for a
21st Century Interdependent World,
by Linda Groff, p. 27
·
Corporate World,
Caliphate, or Gaia Peace? Awakening to a Transformed Future,
by Sohail Iyanatullah, p. 38
·
Group Discussion and
Images of the Future: A Pilot Study of a Classroom Setting,
by Simone Arnaldi, p. 44
WFS
Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Spring Summer 2008,
by Peter Bishop, Steve
Steele, John Smart, and Dave Stein, p. 54
book
reviews – a double header!
·
Why
Europe
will Run the 21st Century, by
Mark Leonard (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p.
35
·
The Last Days of
Europe
, by Walter Laqueur (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p.
35
columns
·
Hidden Assumptions
Column, p. 53
vol. 6, no. 4 (Winter 2007-2008)
articles
·
The Second Cold War,
2006 – 2018, by Stephen
Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures
Observatory, p. 1
·
Detached Observer
– an Anachronism? The
Scientific Method After Next, by Dave Stein, p. 1
WFS
Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Winter 2007-2008,
by Peter Bishop, Steve
Steele, and Dave Stein, p. 14
regular columns
·
Building Vibrant
Organizations, by
Verónica Trovamala, Chapters' Corner Editor, p. 10
book
reviews
·
Changing Rhythms of
American Family Life, by
Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, and Melissa Milkie (book
review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 7
·
Meals to Come: A
History of the Future of Food (California
Studies in Food and Culture), by Warren Belasco (book review /
discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 11
·
Future, Inc. – How
Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What's NEXT,
by Eric Garland (book review by Jay Herson), p. 13
other
·
Invitation to Join Weak
Signals Group, by
Elina Hiltunen
,
Finland
Futures Research Centre, p. 2
vol. 6, no. 3 (Fall 2007)
articles
·
Information
Technology (and Demographic Necessity) Will Transform Healthcare,
by David Pearce Snyder, Consulting Futurist, p. 1
·
Systemic Visioning
and Innovation for Equitable and Sustainable Socio-Economic
Development, by John
"Zac" Zachariassen, President, the Solertia
Institute, p. 1
WFS
Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Fall 2007,
by Peter Bishop, Steve
Steele, and Dave Stein, p. 11
·
also see Visualize
the Future (a futures learning tool) by Steve Steele, Professor,
Institute for the Future at
Anne
Arundel
Community College
, p. 12
book
reviews
·
The Black Swan: The
Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 7
·
Useless Arithmetic:
Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future,
by Orrin H. Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis (book review by Jay
Herson), p. 7
vol. 6, no. 2 (Summer 2007)
articles
·
The Dragon and the
Tiger Revisited, by
Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures
Observatory, p. 1
·
Where do
Future-Oriented People Find Weak Signals?, by Elina Hiltunen, Finland Futures Research Centre, p. 1
·
Highlights from
World Future 2007: Fostering Hope and Vision for the 21st Century, by
Jay Herson, Managing Editor, FUTUREtakes, p. 4
WFS
Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Summer 2007,
by Peter Bishop, Steve
Steele, and Dave Stein, p. 10
·
also see Living in
2050: Nine Trips to the Future and Back, by Steve Steele,
Professor, Institute for the Future at
Anne
Arundel
Community College
, p. 13
regular
columns
·
Reinventing the
Chapters' Corner,
by Verónica Trovamala, Director, WFS Mexico and Chapters' Corner
Editor, p. 11
book
reviews
·
The Boomerang Age:
Transitions to Adulthood in Families, by Barbara A. Mitchell (book review / discussion synopsis by Lisa
Roney and Carolyn Shettle), p. 12
·
When the Rivers Run
Dry: Water – The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century,
by Fred Pearce (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p.
14
vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 2007)
first
thematic issue, “International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on
the Future”
articles
·
The Irresistible
Soft Power of
Ukraine
, by Olexandr
Aleksandrovych, Minister-Counselor, Embassy of
Ukraine
in
Washington
DC
, p. 1
·
A French Touch,
by Louis Tuvée, Coordinator, WFS French Chapter, p. 4
·
Futures Studies
Activities in Germany: Towards a Perspective of Foresight,
by Cornelia Daheim, Project Director, International Research, Z-punkt
GmbH The Foresight Company, p. 9
·
A Multicultural
Millennium, by Jennifer
Butler, President, Racially and Ethnically Mixed Student Association
(REMIX), The
George
Washington
University
, p. 15
·
Revolution of
Traditionalism: Look at Future,
by Mamuka Tsereteli, Executive Director of the America-Georgia
Business Council and part-time faculty member at The George
Washington University and
American
University
, p. 20
·
Armenia
, by Karinne' Hovnanian and Emanuel
Mkrtchian, Co-Presidents, Armenian Student Network, The
George
Washington
University
, p. 23
·
Future's Trends:
Culture vs. Institutions,
by Bengt-Arne Vedin, Professor of Innovation Management,
Mälardalen
University
, p. 26
·
Africa –
Fast-Forwarding into the Future,
by Carolyn Stauffer, writer, p. 30
·
Getting to 2025 –
Inspiring Cross-Cultural Leadership, by David Day, Founding Partner, Incite Leadership, p. 34
·
The State of Culture
2025: the “Meta-Question,”
by Nathaniel Wade, researcher, p. 38
·
Reflections on
Identity in An Increasingly Interdependent World,
by Linda Groff, Director, Global Options Consulting, and Professor,
California State University, p. 41
vol. 5, no. 4 (Winter 2006-2007)
articles
·
Throwaway Economy in
Trouble, by Lester R.
Brown, Founder and President, Earth Policy Institute, p. 1
·
The Globalization of
Science, Spirituality and Peace,
by Joseph R. Giove, p. 1
·
Futurist History
Comes Out of the Closet,
by Jay Herson, p. 2
·
On the Future of
Palestine, the Middle East, and our Well-Being,
by Arthur B. Shostak, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Department of
Culture and Communication, Drexel University, p. 4
book
reviews
·
National
Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of
Schooling, by David P.
Baker and Gerald K. LeTendre (book review / discussion synopsis by
Lisa Roney and Carolyn Shettle), p. 14
program
synopses
·
Anticipatory
Learning Strategies for Schools and Organizations
(dinner program by Marsha Rhea, senior futurist, Institute for
Alternative Futures), p. 13
vol. 5, no. 3 (Late Fall 2006)
articles
·
Employing Geoethics
to Avoid Negative Nanotechnology Scenarios in Undeveloped Countries,
by Guido David Núńez-Mujica, p. 1
·
Professor Leon
Fuerth and the Case for Forward Engagement, by Natalie Ambrose, p. 1
·
Downloading
Education, by Jay
Herson, p. 6
book
reviews
·
Common Destiny:
Filipino American Generations,
by Juanita Tamayo Lott (book review by Luceli C. Cuasay), p. 16
program
synopses
·
The Widening Gaps in
Pharmaceutical Therapies: Cost – Health – Trust (dinner
program by panelists Bill Rowley, Institute for Alternative Futures,
Jay Herson,
Johns
Hopkins
University
, and Mat Salo, National Governors Conference), p. 14
·
Ten Tips for
Creating More Powerful Future Stories
(luncheon program by Joseph Tankersley, Walt Disney Imagineering),
p. 18
vol. 5, no. 2 (Summer-Fall 2006)
articles
·
The (Political)
Party is Over? South
Korea – Leader in E-Democracy, by
Youngsook
Park
, p. 1
·
Globality and
Futurity: Innovation Frameworks for 21st Century Training,
by Irving H. Buchen, Capella University and IMPAC University, and
Albert John Cacade, Multimedia Republic, p. 1
·
World Future 2006:
July 28-30,
Toronto
, by Jay Herson, p. 6
book
reviews
·
Future Washington,
by Ernest Lilley, ed. (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 14
program
synopses
·
From Walt Disney
Imagineering! Storytelling
the Future (dinner program
by Joseph Tankersley, Walt Disney Imagineering), p. 12
vol.
5. no. 1 (Spring 2006)
articles
·
Trade and National
Security Implications IPv6:
the World's New Internet Protocol – Is
America
Ready to Defend its Leadership of the Internet Universe? by
Joel B. Coulter and Samuel Lee Hancock, p. 1
·
The Future of
Mainstream and Non-Traditional Religion,
by Dave Stein, p. 1
·
Looking Forward …
and Backward, by Jay
Herson, p. 4
·
The Future Calls for
a New Way of Seeing, of Being, of Doing,
by Sr. Brenda Walsh, p. 11
book
reviews
·
The World is Flat,
by Thomas L. Friedman (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 14
program
synopses
·
The "Rush
Hour" is Neither – Will It Ever Be?
The Future of
Transportation in the Washington D.C. Region in 2030 (dinner
program by panelists Ron Kirby, Director of Transportation,
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Gary Maule,
Principal, RTKL Associates, and Michael Huerta, of Affiliated
Computer Services, Inc., and moderator Patricia Nicoson, President,
Dulles Corridor Rail Association), p. 5
regular
columns
·
Future (Re)Takes,
by Russell Wooten, p. 2
vol. 4, no. 3 (Winter 2005-2006)
articles
·
Wanted – Futures
Travel Now, by Arthur B.
Shostak, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Department of Culture and
Communication,
Drexel
University
, p. 1
·
FROM: Unknown
Alternative Future Worlds, TO: Prudent Defense Technology
Investments, by Dave
Stein, p. 1
·
A $40 Trillion
Legacy? by Haeworth
Robertson, p. 7
book
reviews
·
The Future of the
Brain: The Promise and Peril of Tomorrow's Neuroscience,
by Steven Rose (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p.
9
·
Anticipate the World
You Want: Learning for Alternative Futures,
by Marsha Lynne Rhea (book review by Maya Horton), p. 16
program
synopses
·
Living Happily Ever
After? The Future of Social Security
(dinner program by Dean Baker), p. 5
·
The Future of
Leadership (luncheon
program by Herb Rubenstein), p. 10
regular
columns
·
Future-Lite,
by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 12
vol. 4, no. 2 (Summer-Fall 2005)
articles
·
Through the Present
Into the Future of Psychiatry,
by Maurie D. Pressman, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry,
Temple University Medical Center, and Emeritus Chairman of
Psychiatry at Albert Einstein medical Center, p. 1
·
Future Scenarios for
the Profession of Nursing,
by Barbara Ann D'Anna,
Anne
Arundel
Community College
, p. 1
·
To Exit with Grace:
New Directions for Futurists,
by Juanita Tamayo Lott, p. 4
·
A Conference
Snapshot: World Future 2005 – Foresight, Innovation and Strategy,
by Jay Herson, p. 6
·
Koshland
Science
Museum
(companion article), by Russell Wooten, p. 9
book
reviews
·
Collapse,
by Jared Diamond (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 10
program
synopses
·
What is the Long
Term Future of Climate Change?
Climate Change: An Inter-Generational Hot Potato (dinner
program by Peter Schultz, the National Academies), p. 7.
vol.
4. no. 1 (Spring 2005)
articles
·
Learning Environment
for the 21st Century, by
Lois H. Neuman, LHNeuman Consultants, p. 1
·
Civilization and Its
Discontents – Revisited!
The Future of Armed Strife, by Dave Stein, p. 1
·
Futurists' Top 10
Ideas to Revitalize
Ohio
, by David J. Staley, p.
21
book
reviews
·
Shaping the Next One
Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative Long-Term Policy
Analysis, by Robert J.
Lempert, Steven W. Popper and Steven C. Bankes (reviewed by Jay
Herson), p. 4
·
Who Will Pay?
By Peter S. Heller (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 8
·
The Progress Paradox,
by Gregg Easterbrook (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 9
·
Fewer,
by Ben J. Wattenberg (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 10
program
synopses
·
Is a New
Constitution in our
U.S.
Future? (dinner program by
Joe Coates, Joe Coates Consulting Futurist, Inc.), p. 11
·
Downsizing
Democracy: How America Sidelines Its Citizens and Privatized Its
Public (luncheon program
by Matthew A. Crenson, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins
University, and Benjamin Ginsberg, Professor of Political Science
and Director of the Study of American Government, Johns Hopkins
University), p. 13
·
Integrated
Revitalization: The Dominant Development Trend for the 21st Century
(dinner program by Storm Cunningham, Executive Director,
Revitalization Institute and CEO, Revitalization Strategies), p. 16
regular
columns
·
Dave's Think Tank,
by Dave Stein, p. 2
·
Future-Lite,
by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 22
vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 2004-2005)
articles
·
Creating and
Unreasonable Future, by
Monika Kosmahl Aring, p. 1
·
Why the 'Individual'
is Becoming Increasingly Paramount – The Rise of the Self,
by Carolyn Swarr Stauffer, p. 1
·
The Future
Generations Fund, by Tim
Mack, President, World Future Society, p. 4
·
Terrorism – The
Future of War or Just Another Phase?,
by Tommy T. Osborne,
COL
,
US
Army (Ret), p. 7
book
reviews
·
Futures Research
Methodology, v. 2.0,
Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon, editors (reviewed by Jay
Herson), p. 6
·
The Wisdom of Crowds,
by James Surowiecki (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken
Harris), p. 8
·
Digital Soul,
by Thomas Georges (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris),
p. 8
·
The Hype About
Hydrogen, by Joseph J.
Romm (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 9
program
synopses
·
How will we receive
care in 2025? Megaforces
Changing Health Care (dinner program by Bill Rowley), p. 12
·
Next Time, the
Planes Might Not Need Pilots...
Emerging Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies: Impact on US
Security (dinner program by Forrest Waller), p. 14
·
Beyond Oil?
The Great Energy Transition (dinner program by
Robert L. Olson), p. 15
regular
columns
·
Dave's Think Tank,
by Dave Stein, p. 5
·
Future-Lite,
by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 22
other
·
Thinking Outside the
Box – A Practical Lesson,
by Jay Herson, p. 27
vol. 3, no. 3 (Fall 2004)
articles
·
The Rise and Fall of
Civilizations, by Darlow
Botha, p. 1
·
The "Past"
of FUTUREtakes, by Andy
Hines, John Meagher, Dave Stein, p. 4
·
Consumers Hold
Today's Key to Managing Business Uncertainty (reprint
from IAF Newsletter, April 2004, with permission), p. 7
book
reviews
·
Bare Branches: The
Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population,
by Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. den Boer (book review /
discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 10
·
The Next Big Thing
is Really Small, by Jack
Uldrich and Deb Newberry (book review / discussion synopsis by
Ken Harris), p. 10
program
synopses
·
The Borg is Here! The
Cyborgization of Humans (dinner program by Mark Bayliss, CEO of
Visual Link, Inc., Joel Coulter, Xybernaut Corporation, and
Roosevelt Ellison, Xybernaut Corporation), p. 11
·
The Future of Sex (dinner
program by Eric Garland), p. 13
·
Think Small!
From Housecalls
to House Calls (dinner
program by Dick Smith), p. 18
·
A Holistic Approach Integral
Futures: What This Is and How to Employ the Theory (luncheon
program by Richard Alan Slaughter, Professor, Swinburne University
of Technology and Director, Foresight International), p. 21
regular
columns
·
Future (Re)Takes,
by Russell Wooten, p. 1
·
Dave's Think Tank,
by Dave Stein, p. 5
·
Future-Lite,
by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 6
vol. 3, no. 2 (Summer 2004)
articles
·
Future Life Forms
Among Posthumans, by José
Luis Cordeiro, p. 1
·
RFID Current and
Future Uses, by Russell
Wooten, p. 1
·
Space Security via
the Olympic Spirit, by
Martin Schwab, p. 4
·
Brain Research
Shakes Up Assumptions (reprint from IAF Newsletter, May
2004, with permission), p. 5
book
reviews
·
Global Trade and
Conflicting National Interests,
by Ralph E. Gomory and William J. Baumol (reviewed by Calvin Olano),
p. 5
program
synopses
·
The Millennium
Project (dinner
program by Jerome Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project at the
American Council for
United
Nations
University
), p. 8
·
Our International
President Speaks! Futuring:
Preparing for a Changing World (dinner
program by Ed Cornish, Founder and then-President of the World
Future Society), p. 9
·
A New Meaning of
"The Future!" The
Post-Biological Universe (dinner program by Steven Dick,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration), p. 12
·
Breakthrough or
Breakdown? You
Can Change the World (dinner program by Ervin Laszlo, Founder,
Club of Budapest), p. 16
regular
columns
·
Future (Re)Takes,
by Russell Wooten, p. 7
·
Dave's Think Tank,
by Dave Stein, p. 7
·
Future-Lite,
by Lindan Lee Johnson, p.13
vol.
3, no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2004)
articles
·
Beating Swords,
Shields and Plowshares
into Planetary Defense, by Martin Schwab, p. 1
·
Global Insights on
Emerging Issues (reprint
from IAF Newsletter, August 2003, with permission), p. 9
program
synopses
·
The Restoration
Economy (dinner program by
Storm Cunningham, Executive Director, Revitalization Institute and
CEO, Revitalization Strategies), p. 8
·
Interactive
Foresight Exercises
(dinner program by Joe Coates, Eric Garland, and Dick Smith), p. 9
·
Interactive
Foresight Exercises II
(dinner program by Joe Coates and Eric Garland), p. 12
discussion
threads
·
Discussion Thread on
Demographic Issues: Demography as Destiny, by Juanita Tamayo Lott,
p. 14
·
Discussion Thread on
Cultural Diversity, by Tommy T. Osborne and Dave Stein, p. 14
regular
columns
·
Biometrics: A Future
Take, by Russell Wooten,
p. 1
·
Future-Lite,
by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 7
·
Dave's Think Tank,
by Dave Stein, p. 7
vol.
2, no. 1 (Spring 2003)
articles
·
Communities
Promoting Active Living
(reprint from IAF Newsletter, April 2003, with permission),
p. 3
book
reviews
·
The Great Wave:
Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History,
by David Hackett (reviewed by Calvin Olano) p. 1
program
synopses
·
Balancing Privacy
and Security (dinner
program by Bruce McConnell), p. 1
discussion
threads
·
Discussion Thread on
Demographic Issues: Demography as Destiny, by Juanita Tamayo Lott,
p. 4
·
Discussion Threat on
Evolving Concepts and Uses of Time, by Tommy T. Osborne, p. 4
·
Discussion Thread on
Cultural Diversity, by Dave Stein, p. 5
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