Institute For The Future

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[This is an extract from Chapter 3 of Bob Johansen's new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present....

[This is an extract from Chapter 3 of Bob Johansen's new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. -Ed.]...

The National Academies' Center for Education has been working on a study of the future of computers and work. By 2030, they ask, what kinds of...

The National Academies' Center for Education has been working on a study of the future of computers and work. By 2030, they ask, what kinds of...

[This is an extract from Chapter 3 of Bob Johansen's new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. -Ed.]...

[This is an extract from Chapter 3 of Bob Johansen's new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. -Ed.]...

The Northwest Passage will soon be open, and doubtless more intrepid captains sailing between Asia and Europe will be using it. The National Snow and...

It sounds like a song by They Might Be Giants (whose children's music is pretty outstanding), but it's actually "a new book by Ian Ayres, an...

[This is an extract from Chapter 3 of Bob Johansen's new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. -Ed.]...

Bob Johansen, the former president of the Institute, has published a new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. It draws...

Bob Johansen, the former president of the Institute, has published a new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. It draws...

[This is an extract from Chapter 3 of Bob Johansen's new book, Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present. -Ed.]...

The New York Times' Freakonomics blog reports on a new study by Princeton professor, Angus...

I was cruising for something to blog about when I came across this headline: "DIY pervasive health monitor keeps tabs on your vitals." Do-it-yourself...

I am pleased to present the latest report from the Health Horizons Program--Rethinking Business Models in the Global Health Economy: A Toolkit for...

More on health in other worlds

IFTF Affiliate Richard Adler pointed out to me this morning that my recent entry about efforts to study epidemic responses in virtual reality worlds...

Virtual epidemics: playing with infectious diseases

So I was sitting in my car tonight, surfing Google News on my brand-new Helio mobile device, and I came across a story I knew I had to write about. ...

Online health keeps growing and growing

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and blogger Sramana Mitra had an informative post today entitled "Web 3.0 & Online Health (Part 2)."*...

Tuesday I went to a reception at the Innovation Center Denmark, an outfit on Page Mill Road that helps Danish tech companies interested in doing stuff...

Mamma Mia! Get healthy!

At our Spring Conference, Health Horizons' Jody Ranck mentioned the concept of "healthism," which refers to the moral responsibility that society...

A new health social network comes online

The entertainment industry bible, Variety, announced yesterday that two Hollywood execs are launching a health and wellness website to help people...

First, what is a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)? In very simple terms, it is an effort to allow health care organizations in a...

Catching up with Google Health and Bees

I've been on vacation, so the Health Horizons blog has been silent for the last several days. During this time, a couple of interesting articles have...