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What’s the course about: looking at the world from a different paradigm, taking a look from the other side of the looking glass | |||
The reader: divided into two parts | |||
1) Need to know | |||
2) Nice to know | |||
McLewan is tough reading | |||
Scenarios | |||
o Creating a language | |||
o Forces technology people to talk about the implications of technology rather than just the technology itself | |||
Group Project - The Future of the Internet in 2015 | |||
http://scenariothinking.org/wiki.index.php | |||
Daniel@dtn.net | |||
PESTE = Political, Economic, Social, Technical, Environmental | |||
The Future of the Internet | |||
The Future of Healthcare | |||
The Future of Consulting | |||
The Future of the World | |||
Brainstorming on topics for class project | |||
The Future of… Grid computing, On demand, International mobility, Customer service, Space travel & exploration, Globalization, Terrorism, Three party politics/ bi-partisan politics, Integration of all media, Cloning, Stem cell research, Nanotechnology, Artificial intelligence, Human lifespan, Future of executive mba programs, Future of religions, Distance working, Language, Religion | |||
Internet | |||
- social space of the Internet | |||
1971 – Pierre Wok (sp?), looked like Yoda. Introduced Scenario Thinking to the world. Michelin and Shell. Used Ichi (sp?) Chinese system of 64 different possibilities for predicting future. Thinking about how to respond to possible scenarios, not just to consider whether something is going to happen. | |||
Cultivate a network of 1,000 heretics. | |||
Keys to creating scenarios: | |||
1) logical analysis | |||
2) research | |||
3) new voices | |||
4) inductive reasoning | |||
A detailed process design for the class project will be forthcoming. | |||
Scenario thinking = question “The Official Future” | |||
Revision as of 12:59, 1 November 2004
What’s the course about: looking at the world from a different paradigm, taking a look from the other side of the looking glass
The reader: divided into two parts 1) Need to know 2) Nice to know
McLewan is tough reading
Scenarios o Creating a language o Forces technology people to talk about the implications of technology rather than just the technology itself
Group Project - The Future of the Internet in 2015
http://scenariothinking.org/wiki.index.php
Daniel@dtn.net
PESTE = Political, Economic, Social, Technical, Environmental
The Future of the Internet The Future of Healthcare The Future of Consulting The Future of the World
Brainstorming on topics for class project
The Future of… Grid computing, On demand, International mobility, Customer service, Space travel & exploration, Globalization, Terrorism, Three party politics/ bi-partisan politics, Integration of all media, Cloning, Stem cell research, Nanotechnology, Artificial intelligence, Human lifespan, Future of executive mba programs, Future of religions, Distance working, Language, Religion
Internet - social space of the Internet
1971 – Pierre Wok (sp?), looked like Yoda. Introduced Scenario Thinking to the world. Michelin and Shell. Used Ichi (sp?) Chinese system of 64 different possibilities for predicting future. Thinking about how to respond to possible scenarios, not just to consider whether something is going to happen.
Cultivate a network of 1,000 heretics.
Keys to creating scenarios: 1) logical analysis 2) research 3) new voices 4) inductive reasoning
A detailed process design for the class project will be forthcoming.
Scenario thinking = question “The Official Future”