Intuition in Futures Work

A Symposium on Intuition in Futures Work that I edited recently appeared in the Journal of Futures Studies, Vol 20 No 1 (Sept. 2015).

This Symposium was recognized in 2016 by the Association of Professional Futurists as being a “Most Significant Futures Work that advances the methodology and practice of foresight and futures studies.”

Contents of the Symposium are:

  • Introduction to the Symposium on Intuition in Futures Work
    Oliver Markley
    (pp.83-90 )
    Introduction  View PDF
  • The Inner Game of Futures
    José M. Ramos
    (pp.91-100 )
    Introduction | View PDF
  • Applying Intuitive Methods in Explorations of Preferred Futures
  • Ruth-Ellen L. Miller
    (pp.101-110 )
    Introduction | View PDF
  • Intuition and Evolution: How I Find It Essential to Use Intuition in My Futures Work
    Barbara Marx Hubbard
    (pp. 111-114)
    Introduction | View PDF
  • Intuiting the Future(s)
    Sohail Inayatullah
    (pp. 115-118)
    Introduction| View PDF
  • Learning to Use Intuition in Futures Studies: A Bibliographic Essay on Personal Sources,Processes and Concerns
    Oliver Markley
    (pp. 119-130 )
    Abstract| View PDF
  • Classical Intuition and Critical Futures
    Marcus T. Anthony
    (pp.131-138 )
    Introduction| View PDF
  • Intuition, Rationality and Imagination
    Marcus Bussey
    (pp.139-148 )
    IntroductionView PDF

A JFSDigital Webcast video of my being interviewed about the Symposium on Futures Work and my own work with intuition can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k615xssLyes.    A set of PowerPoint visuals supporting this interview can be seen here.

Intuition in Futures Work – UH Foresight 2017 Gathering is a 15 minute illustrated lecture on this work.