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| WFS Learning Section Bulletin |
Learning Section Steering Team
Steve Steele, Peter Bishop, John Smart, Jay Gary, Dave Stein, Yvonne Andres, Wendy Schultz, Tom Abeles, Ron Newell, Kay Strong
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| Thematic Issue Guest Editorial Board |
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Linda Groff (USA)
Sohail Iyanatullah (Australia)
Wendy Keslick (USA)
Eleonora Masini (Italy)
Stephen Aguilar-Millan (United Kingdom)
Bengt-Arne Vedin (Sweden) |
| Editorial Board |
Editor-in-Chief
Dave Stein
Managing Editor
Jay Herson
Regional Editors
Anthony Au, China
José Cordeiro, Venezuela
Alphan Manas, Turkey
Julio A. Millán, Mexico
Youngsook Park, South Korea
Carolyn Stauffer, South Africa
Mohan Tikku, India
Louis Tuvée, France
Book Review Editors
Ken Harris
Lisa Roney
Carolyn Shettle
Editors-in-Chief, Emeriti
Andy Hines
Richard Mayer
Design Editor
Silvia Cavaco
Circulation Manager
Carl Pinches
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Director, Special Projects
Tommy Osborne
Public Relations
Natalie Ambrose
Lisa-Joy Zgorski
Editor, Weak Signals
Elina Hiltunen
Chapters' Corner Column Editor
Verónica G. Trovamala Inzunza
Associate Editors
Edison Durán
Jay Herson
Tommy Osborne
Arthur Shostak
Stephen Steele
Associate Editors, Educational Programs
Lois Neuman
Tim Mack
Exchange Editor
Gina Mostafaie
Webmaster
Silvia Cavaco
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| About FUTUREtakes |
| FUTUREtakes
is distributed electronically, free of charge, to World Future Society
chapters around the globe, to interested individuals, and to selected
think tanks, other professional societies, and educational
institutions. For further information, contact us at info@futuretakes.org or visit our website at www.futuretakes.org. |
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| Featured Article |
| How will YOU live and work tomorrow? Transnational Roundtable: Perspectives on the Future from Across the Globe
What will your lifestyle and value system be in 2025? What
culture-based hidden assumptions limit your thinking and your notion of
personal identity? What can you learn from other peoples and cultures
that can help humankind meet the challenges of the future? And what is
the future of cultural diversity itself? Read Full Article |
| From the desk of the President - Tim Mack |
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Global Challenges of the 21 st Century:
Sustaining Life
Life
on planet earth, regardless of geographic setting or culture, has some
very specific requirements, common to every living person. This article
will look at those challenges relating to the health and well being of
all humans, ranging across all cultures. One of the basic premises here
is that while cultural forces can affect many aspects of life, the
elements involved in sustaining that life can have just as profound an
effect on culture, especially in a negative or disruptive fashion. Read Full Article |
| Intercultural Communication and Negotiation: Insights on the U.S. – Japanese Relationship-by Linda Groff |
Introduction /Abstract
This
article looks at some general principles and pointers from the
intercultural communication and negotiation fields about how to deal
with similarities and differences between cultures that can affect
their perceptions of each other and resulting interactions. Key
similarities and differences in the socialization of people in U.S. and
Japanese cultures—in different areas in which people learn their
respective cultures—are then compared. The article concludes with
recommendations about the importance of “doing one’s homework” and
learning at least some basic knowledge about another culture—and its
similarities to and differences from one’s own culture—before going to
visit, interact or negotiate with, or do business with its
people. Read Full Article |
Henry Fung – Publication Design Pioneer
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The editors of FUTUREtakes
do not want the excitement with our new Web look to distract us from
acknowledging the outstanding contributions of our retiring volunteer
graphic designer Henry Fung. Henry, the originator of our "Fungtastic"
design, has retired from his day job as graphics designer with the
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston after 28 years
there. Henry was born and raised in Hong Kong, and he came to the U.S.
in 1976 to attend college at the University of Houston. He followed
this with graduate study in advertising design at Syracuse University.
While at the University of Houston, Henry met his wife Susanna,
also from Hong Kong. They have two daughters and reside in Houston.
Henry has been our graphics editor since 2005, and his Fungtastic design helped propel FUTUREtakes to prominence among futurists across the globe. We wish Henry the best of luck in his retirement endeavors. |
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