An Unscientific Analysis of Jokes about the Future
What 500 BlueSky posts can (or can't) tell us about how people think about the future.
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Why Canary
The "canary in the coalmine" is a well-worn trope, but do you know about "canary resuscitators"? Exploring the tiny canary spaceships of yesteryear...
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Systems Thinking: Seeing the Bigger Picture
In today's interconnected world, the most pressing challenges we face rarely have simple, linear solutions. Climate change, economic inequality, healthcare access—these complex issues result from webs of relationships and feedback loops that traditional approaches often fail to address effectively.
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The Futures Are a Meme
On how absurdist and preposterous futures scenarios help us think about tomorrow.
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Futures Wheels: Exploring Implications of Emerging Futures
Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to attend all of those “meetings that should have been an email,” and just send an AI assistant instead? Let's use the Futures Wheel, a classic futures studies technique, to test out the claim.
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Why Foresight? An Introduction
At Canary, foresight is at the center of everything we produce. And our mission is to help teams approach their futures with confidence. Let's introduce why.
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Framing the Future
"Framing" is step 1 to kickstarting a strategic foresight project, so let's take a dive into what it is, what it isn't, and how to begin your first foresight project.
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Getting to a Vision
Getting to a great vision requires great foresight work up front. Let's explore how we get from the expected future to our preferred futures.
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Designing Your Future
Personal foresight can benefit from applying design thinking and other methods to build more purposeful personal futures.
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Building a Life Roadmap
There's something powerful about seeing the days, months, or years mapped out ahead of you, asking you to start assigning dates to outcomes.
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Personal Foresight Starts with Today
Twenty years from now, you'll have wished you had taken the right steps toward your preferred future today.
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Forces of Change
Global shifts, macrotrends, and long term developments that drive short- and medium-term trends.
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