Research
Writing
Essays on horizon scanning, futures intelligence and the practice of foresight, published on Substack and Medium. Pieces that sit inside a Research Drop link through to their sources and thinking.
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Advances in the Practice of Horizon Scanning
As AI expands scanning capacity, diverse perspectives, traceable methods and human judgement will determine its strategic value.
All writing
9 min read
Research Drop
When Signals Stop Making Sense
Why scanning systems struggle when meaning changes faster than our categories can adapt
3 min read
Rough Cuts of Tomorrow
Work-in-progress futures research infrastructures out in the open.
7 min read
Beyond the Binary
A Pragmatic Approach to AI use in Futures Intelligence Research
6 min read
Moving Toward an Anticipatory Futures Intelligence System
Can Grounded Theory help us to embrace emergence?
10 min read
Signals of Change & Scanner Bias
Shifting Toward an Explicit Futures Intelligence Scanning Methodology
4 min read
Foresight for [Internal] Change
Using Scenario Planning for Internal Organisational Change
4 min read
Rigorous Futures Research
Developing strong and rigorous chains of custody
1 min read
The Refusal of Time
Playing with concepts of time
1 min read
Set up a Horizon Scanning Database
Enhance Your Horizon Scanning Practice with Digital Tools
4 min read
The Role of Activism in Social Change
If we disallow radical flank activism does the right to protest mean anything at all?
8 min read
A Future Education System
What if . . instead of the failures of students, we focused on the failure of systems?. . and used that understanding to collectively reimagine education?
2 min read
Simple AI Horizon Scanning Prompts
Using AI to kickstart your research in a new domain
1 min read
Futures Research Workflow Tech Stack
The best research management tools are the ones that works for you.
