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UNESCO Futures Studies Chair: Your child’s futures work

Posted on 28/07/2016 By Dr. Liz Alexander Categories: FutureProofYourChild Tags: Dr. Liz Alexander, Future Proof Your Child, futures studies, futures thinking, Sohail Inayatullah, Tamkang University, UNESCO, World Future Society

Concerned about your child’s (or your own) futures? Not least what they might do for work? Here’s the inspiring story of UNESCO’s new Chair in Futures Studies, Sohail Inayatullah: When I was a high school student at the International School of Kuala Lumpur, I asked my father for advice before going to university. I told […]

40 Futurists: Your Child’s Success in Tomorrow’s World of Work (1)

Posted on 27/07/2016 By Dr. Liz Alexander Categories: FutureProofYourChild Tags: Anna Simpson, Arizona State University, Beyond the Obvious, Brian David Johnson, Center for Science and the Imagination, Christopher Bishop, Dana Klisanin, David Houle, Frank Feather, Frank W. Spencer IV, Ian Cleary, Intel, Ira S. Wolfe, John Mahaffie, Julie Friedman Steele, Killer Innovations, Larry Quick, Maree Conway, Neil Richardson, Phil McKinney, R.K. McLay, Razor Social, Sohail Inayatullah, The Futures Center, UNESCO, Verne Wheelwright, World Future Society

One question I hear frequently from parents is, “How can I help prepare my child for their future work?” So I contacted colleagues around the world–in Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Singapore, the U.K., and New Zealand–as well as here in the U.S. Because who better to offer advice to a young person about tomorrow’s world of […]