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Arthur Harkins
Arthur M. Harkins, Ph.D. (born 1936), is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration and faculty director of the Graduate Certificate in Innovation Studies ...
Arthur M. Harkins, Ph.D. (born 1936), is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration and faculty director of the Graduate Certificate in Innovation Studies ...
Battle Command Knowledge System
In order to better serve the soldier, Battle Command Knowledge Systems (BCKS) was subsumed by Center for Lessons Learned (CALL), Army Operational Knowledge Management (AOKM) Proponent and the Missi...
In order to better serve the soldier, Battle Command Knowledge Systems (BCKS) was subsumed by Center for Lessons Learned (CALL), Army Operational Knowledge Management (AOKM) Proponent and the Missi...
Battle command knowledge system
The battle command knowledge system is the change agent for implementing knowledge management capabilities into the training and military operations of the United States Army.
The battle command knowledge system is the change agent for implementing knowledge management capabilities into the training and military operations of the United States Army.
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents.
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents.
Business continuity planning
Business continuity planning (BCP) “identifies an
Organization's exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recove...
Business continuity planning (BCP) “identifies an
Organization's exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recove...
Béla H. Bánáthy
Béla Heinrich Bánáthy (December 1, 1919 – September 4, 2003) was a Hungarian linguist, systems scientist and a professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley.
Béla Heinrich Bánáthy (December 1, 1919 – September 4, 2003) was a Hungarian linguist, systems scientist and a professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley.
Causal layered analysis
Causal layered analysis is one of several futures techniques used as a means to inquire into the causes of social phenomena and to generate a set of forecasts as to the future course of the phen...
Causal layered analysis is one of several futures techniques used as a means to inquire into the causes of social phenomena and to generate a set of forecasts as to the future course of the phen...
Club of Budapest
The Club of Budapest is an international organization founded in 1993 by Ervin Laszlo to expand beyond the exclusively scientific purpose of The General Evolution Research Group to try to mobili...
The Club of Budapest is an international organization founded in 1993 by Ervin Laszlo to expand beyond the exclusively scientific purpose of The General Evolution Research Group to try to mobili...
Club of Rome
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues.
Cognitive acceleration
Cognitive acceleration or CA is an approach to teaching designed to develop students' thinking ability, developed by Michael Shayer and Philip Adey from 1981 at King's College London .The ...
Cognitive acceleration or CA is an approach to teaching designed to develop students' thinking ability, developed by Michael Shayer and Philip Adey from 1981 at King's College London .The ...
Convergent and divergent production
Convergent and divergent production are the two types of human response to a set problem that were identified by J.P. Guilford (1967).
Convergent and divergent production are the two types of human response to a set problem that were identified by J.P. Guilford (1967).
Delphi method
The Delphi method is a structured communication technique, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts.
The Delphi method is a structured communication technique, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts.
Digital strategy
In the fields of strategic management, marketing strategy and operational strategy, digital strategy is the process of specifying an organization's vision, goals, opportunities and initiatives i...
In the fields of strategic management, marketing strategy and operational strategy, digital strategy is the process of specifying an organization's vision, goals, opportunities and initiatives i...
Edutainment
Edutainment is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse.
Edutainment is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse.
Edwin W. Rawlings
General Edwin William Rawlings, USAF (Ret), (September 11, 1904 – December 8, 1997) A Milroy, Minnesota native, Rawlings graduated with an economics degree from Hamline University in Sain...
General Edwin William Rawlings, USAF (Ret), (September 11, 1904 – December 8, 1997) A Milroy, Minnesota native, Rawlings graduated with an economics degree from Hamline University in Sain...
Energy Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Founded in July 1985, the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ERIRAS) was originally an outgrowth of the general energy department at Institute for High Temperatures RA...
Founded in July 1985, the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ERIRAS) was originally an outgrowth of the general energy department at Institute for High Temperatures RA...
Flow (psychology)
Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.
Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.
Future history
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) to construct a common background for fiction.
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) to construct a common background for fiction.
Future Map
The Future Map is a methodology for building scenarios based on the collection of anticipated events.
The Future Map is a methodology for building scenarios based on the collection of anticipated events.
Future Search
Future Search is the name for a 3-day planning meeting that enables people to cooperate in complex situations, including those of high conflict and uncertainty.
Future Search is the name for a 3-day planning meeting that enables people to cooperate in complex situations, including those of high conflict and uncertainty.
Future studies
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futuribles International
Futuribles International (formerly Association Internationale Futuribles) is a Paris-based international, independent, private non-profit organization network on future studies.
Futuribles International (formerly Association Internationale Futuribles) is a Paris-based international, independent, private non-profit organization network on future studies.
Futurist
Futurists or futurologists are scientists and social scientists whose speciality is to attempt to systematically predict the future, whether that of human society in particular or of life ...
Futurists or futurologists are scientists and social scientists whose speciality is to attempt to systematically predict the future, whether that of human society in particular or of life ...
Futurology
Futurology is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Futurology is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity
The Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity (GAPP ) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan membership organization founded on May 15, 2007 and based at Munich, Germany.
The Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity (GAPP ) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan membership organization founded on May 15, 2007 and based at Munich, Germany.
Group decision support systems
Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) are a class of electronic meeting systems, a collaboration technology designed to support meetings and group work.
Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) are a class of electronic meeting systems, a collaboration technology designed to support meetings and group work.
Hoshin Kanri
Hoshin kanri -is a method devised to capture and cement strategic goals as well as flashes of insight about the future and develop the means to bring these into reality.
Hoshin kanri -is a method devised to capture and cement strategic goals as well as flashes of insight about the future and develop the means to bring these into reality.
IBZL
IBZL - infinite bandwidth zero latency - is a thought experiment that asks: what will happen when bandwidth (for connecting to the Internet for example) is so great, and latency so small, that i...
IBZL - infinite bandwidth zero latency - is a thought experiment that asks: what will happen when bandwidth (for connecting to the Internet for example) is so great, and latency so small, that i...
Interdependence
Interdependence is a relationship in which each member is mutually dependent on the others.
Interdependence is a relationship in which each member is mutually dependent on the others.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria.
Involution (esoterism)
The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer.
The term involution refers to different things depending on the writer.
James Maury
The Reverend James Maury (1719–1769), Was a son Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot, who came shortly after his birth to Virginia from Castel Mauron, in Gascony.
The Reverend James Maury (1719–1769), Was a son Matthew Maury, a French Huguenot, who came shortly after his birth to Virginia from Castel Mauron, in Gascony.
Joint decision trap
The joint decision trap was identified by the political scientist Fritz Scharpf in a 1988 scholarly article.
The joint decision trap was identified by the political scientist Fritz Scharpf in a 1988 scholarly article.
Kaya identity
The Kaya identity is an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
The Kaya identity is an equation relating factors that determine the level of human impact on climate, in the form of emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Lateral thinking
Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only tradi...
Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only tradi...
Learning organization
A learning organization is the term given to a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself.
A learning organization is the term given to a company that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself.
Outline of future studies
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Outline of futures studies
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Future studies – study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.
Quality function deployment
Quality function deployment is a “method to transform user demands into design quality, to deploy the functions forming quality, and to deploy methods for achieving the design quality into subsy...
Quality function deployment is a “method to transform user demands into design quality, to deploy the functions forming quality, and to deploy methods for achieving the design quality into subsy...
Quality storyboard
A Quality storyboard is a visual method for displaying a Quality Control story (QC story).
A Quality storyboard is a visual method for displaying a Quality Control story (QC story).
Real-time Delphi
Real-time Delphi (RTD) is an advanced form of the Delphi method.
Real-time Delphi (RTD) is an advanced form of the Delphi method.
Recreational Equipment Incorporated
REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) is a privately held American retail corporation organized as a consumers' cooperative, selling outdoor recreation gear, sporting goods, and cl...
REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) is a privately held American retail corporation organized as a consumers' cooperative, selling outdoor recreation gear, sporting goods, and cl...
Scenario analysis
Scenario analysis is a process of analyzing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes.
Scenario analysis is a process of analyzing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes.
Scenario planning
Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans.
Scenario planning, also called scenario thinking or scenario analysis, is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plans.
Sensemaking
Sensemaking is the process by which people give meaning to experience.
Sensemaking is the process by which people give meaning to experience.
Service innovation
The concept of Service Innovation was first discussed in Miles (1993) and has been developed in the past 2 decades.
The concept of Service Innovation was first discussed in Miles (1993) and has been developed in the past 2 decades.
Singularitarianism
Singularitarianism is a technocentric ideology and social movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of a superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium fut...
Singularitarianism is a technocentric ideology and social movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of a superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium fut...
Social engineering (political science)
Social engineering is a discipline in political science that refers to efforts to influence popular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, whether by governments or private groups.
Social engineering is a discipline in political science that refers to efforts to influence popular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, whether by governments or private groups.
Software quality
Structural quality is evaluated through the analysis of the software inner structure, its source code, in effect how its architecture adheres to sound principles of software architecture.
Structural quality is evaluated through the analysis of the software inner structure, its source code, in effect how its architecture adheres to sound principles of software architecture.
Strategic management
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the perf...
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the perf...
Structure follows strategy
The historian Alfred Chandler substantiated his Structure follows Strategy thesis based on four case studies of American conglomerates that dominated their industry from the 1920s onward.
The historian Alfred Chandler substantiated his Structure follows Strategy thesis based on four case studies of American conglomerates that dominated their industry from the 1920s onward.
Systems thinking
Systems thinking is the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole.
Systems thinking is the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole.
Ted Coombs
Ted Coombs (born 1954) is an American technology author, futurist, artist, and scientist.
Ted Coombs (born 1954) is an American technology author, futurist, artist, and scientist.
TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute
The Energy and Resources Institute, commonly known as TERI (formerly Tata Energy Research Institute), established in 1974, is a research institute based in New Delhi focusing its research ...
The Energy and Resources Institute, commonly known as TERI (formerly Tata Energy Research Institute), established in 1974, is a research institute based in New Delhi focusing its research ...
The Arlington Institute
The Arlington Institute (aka "TAI") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank specializing in predictive modeling of future events, that is, futures studies.
The Arlington Institute (aka "TAI") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank specializing in predictive modeling of future events, that is, futures studies.
The Energy and Resources Institute
The Energy and Resources Institute, commonly known as TERI, established in 1974, is a research institute based in New Delhi focusing its research activities in the fields of energy, enviro...
The Energy and Resources Institute, commonly known as TERI, established in 1974, is a research institute based in New Delhi focusing its research activities in the fields of energy, enviro...
The Project on Forward Engagement
Forward Engagement is a term coined by Leon Fuerth, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore, to describe the process of thinking systematic about long-range issues in governance.
Forward Engagement is a term coined by Leon Fuerth, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore, to describe the process of thinking systematic about long-range issues in governance.
Thinking outside the box
"Thinking outside the box" and "thinking beyond the box" (also called "thinking out of the box" or "thinking outside the square" ) is to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspe...
"Thinking outside the box" and "thinking beyond the box" (also called "thinking out of the box" or "thinking outside the square" ) is to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspe...
Thought leader
Thought leader is business jargon for an entity that is recognized by peers for having innovative ideas.
Thought leader is business jargon for an entity that is recognized by peers for having innovative ideas.
tt30
tt30 is a young think tank, an offshoot of the Club of Rome, composed of around 30 men and women ages 25-35.
tt30 is a young think tank, an offshoot of the Club of Rome, composed of around 30 men and women ages 25-35.
Will Interactive
WILL Interactive, founded in 1994 by Sharon Sloane, Lyn McCall and Jeffrey Hall, is a woman-owned business based in Potomac, MD. In 1998, WILL Interactive invented and patented a behavior chan...
WILL Interactive, founded in 1994 by Sharon Sloane, Lyn McCall and Jeffrey Hall, is a woman-owned business based in Potomac, MD. In 1998, WILL Interactive invented and patented a behavior chan...
World Future Society
The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., founded in 1966.
The World Future Society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., founded in 1966.
World Futures Studies Federation
The World Futures Studies Federation is a global non-governmental organization that was founded in 1973 to promote the development of futurology as an academic discipline.
The World Futures Studies Federation is a global non-governmental organization that was founded in 1973 to promote the development of futurology as an academic discipline.