Space: The Final Frontier. From colonizing mars to deep space exploration and space tourism. One important piece of this puzzle, of course, would be asteroid mining. We can't really hope to colonize the solar system without proper supplies, and Earth kind of seems to be running out of them. So what's asteroid mining?

It's estimated that by 2050, global food demand will increase between around 60% to 100%. We're already seeing some efforts at making rural areas more efficient at crop production. Laboratories are now attempting to lab-grown meat and other methods. Another promise, which has been frequently evoked lately, is vertical farming. But what exactly is it?

Rural areas are plagued with dwindling populations, lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, inferior healthcare services, and much more. In the 21st century, however, we have the opportunity to turn some of this around. Making the Countryside Smarter. How it might survive in a rapidly urbanizing world

This article is written by Professor Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies, Professor at USIM. Tamkang University, Melbourne Business School, The University of the sunshine coast.

Augmented Reality (AR) has the potential to change several professions. The technology, which overlays "reality" with computer-generated images, is expected to serve as an aid to several jobs of the future. One group of practitioners already beginning to see this is surgeons. In this article, we discuss how AR is changing surgical procedures.

If a foresight program is to be established, someone needs to do the work. That's the first and primary resource. But human resources need to be supported by other resources too, from information sources to internal networks. In this article, we focus on the human and information resources needed to build and run a successful foresight program.

Sohail Inayatullah, PhD and Professor of Future Studies, presented compelling cases about foresight in practice at the Strategic Foresight Summit. This article is based on content presented at the Strategic Foresight Summit 2018, organized earlier this year by Futures Platform.

In this article, we go through the future of work, through 4 prisms: industry and manufacturing; automation, AI, and robotics; business and value chains; and work and income.

Organizations should involve their people in creating a vision that is shared by everybody. Great foresight tools invite employees to participate in, and get inspired by, foresight work. Technology alone doesn't ensure participation. But easy-to-use tools certainly help in fostering engagement, especially if people are scattered around.

Foresight deliverables are often simple signals of change that an organization gathers from its environment. The organization also needs to be able to process these signals. This could involve angular reviews, deep dive analyses, or workshops. All of this requires a defined purpose, owner, and format.

Collecting information that eventually comes to be called “foresight” is a process. Whether we’re talking about within a systematic foresight program or in a single project. So what exactly is the “foresight process”?

In a VUCA world, organisations can't afford to be complacent and avoid changes if they want to stay ahead of the curve. However, they shouldn't make abrupt decisions or aimlessly follow every change either. In this piece, Jari Koskinen explains why organisations need to have foresight and change capabilities in the decision-making process.