International Futures Model of Forecasting
The International Futures model for global forecasting (IFs) is a powerful tool for anyone interested in having a clear understanding of the future in order to plan, prepare, and intentionally…
Tell Me a Story About the Future
Stories capture the attention of people and propel them to a time and place outside of their reality. Each and every weekend people flock to their local theater in order…
Foresight Service to the Village
We are all a part of the global village we live in. For most of the world, gone are the days of isolation from the corners of the planet where…
Trap of Sensationalism
The temptation for every individual is to be caught in the present moment that demands our attention. Particularly in a growing environment where shock value is the manipulating tool of…
It’s Alive, It’s Alive
The famous line “It’s alive, it’s alive” comes from the familiar story of Frankenstein, a monster made of random parts and brought to life through a charge of electricity. Just as…
Coffee Quickly Please
Through the course of the day, every individual is impacted by an array of systems that either make life simpler, or more complicated. The determination is made in the quality…
Hope for Global Futures
The greatness of mankind is often quantified human’s ability to transcend known realities through technological discovery or exploration. This is an unfortunate narrowing of the potential greatness mankind is capable…
Struggles I Have Innovating
Innovation needs to be fostered within a culture that is open to change and free from restricting attitudes and behaviors (Davila et al., 2013). So much of this culture development…
Allow Creativity to Be Creativity
Life does not move into a straight line. For some, this is not a profound statement, for others, this is an idea that needs to be considered, pondered, and explored…
Faith and Science for Ministry Success
The church is embarking on a revolution of change that has not quite caught its own momentum but is quickly catching up with itself. As culture is changing, people are…