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Khan Academy & Cultural Understanding
Last Fall, CFM and The Henry Ford convened a group of educational practitioners, reformers and funders to explore how museums could become more deeply embedded in K-12 education. The report from that gathering–Building the Future of … -
Monday Musing: Looking to Hawaii for the Distributed Future
Futurist William Gibson observed “the future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed.” In CFM’s report “Tomorrow in theGolden State” we looked to California for glimpses of the unevenly distributed future of demographic … -
Futurist Friday: I Think, Therefore I Am
Some futurist scenarios are more probable than others. But even those that seem wildly improbable help us see the present in a new light. The March, a lyrical animation (5 min) wrote, directed, and animated by Josh Fortune for the Sci-Fi … -
Big Data and the Holy Grail of Museum Metrics
One of the themes covered in CFM’s TrendsWatch 2014 report is the power of big data and data analytics. The ubiquity of internet-connected sensing devices and our relentless use of social media and online commerce generates 2.8 zettabytes … -
Monday Musing: the Future of Education, Testing & the Common Core
Weekend before last I was in New Orleans, at the National School Boards Association conference. I was there to talk up the Alliances soon-to-be-released report “Building the Future of Education: Museums & the Learning … -
Futurist Friday: The Happy City Index
You may be familiar with Bhutan’s “Gross National Happiness Index,” established to measure something more than economic well-being of a country. Or perhaps you’ve followed the UK’s Happy Museum project, which … -
Throwback Thursday: Revisiting the Ransolm
CFM’s latest forecasting report, TrendsWatch 2014, has been out a month now, and I have been getting great feedback. The magic chip reports the paper has been opened over 1,700 times. Carol Stapp, director of the museum education … -
Machine Learning and the Future of Authentication
Look what machines are teaching themselves to do: Recognize cats on the internet Tell when people are lying about pain Diagnose diseases Be educational coaches & tutors All courtesy of what is called “machine learning”: the … -
Futurist Friday: Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me
One of my favorite methods of helping people envision the future is encouraging them to invent “future artifacts.” These objects embody the technology, culture and overall flavor of the (not-yet extant) society may create them. … -
Adding Foresight to Your Toolbox
In a world in which “life-long learning” is the norm, museum professionals are constantly enrolling in workshops, short courses and on-line seminars. Why not add futures studies to that mix? I kick-started my career as a museum futurist …
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