Welcome to the eleventh edition of the IRI2038 monthly newsletter designed to keep you updated on this exciting Futures Project commissioned by IRI as part of its 75th Anniversary in 2013.
IRI2038 and IFTF Open Registration for Sept. 25-26 Online Game: INNOVATE2038!
PLEASE CASCADE THIS INVITATION TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AS WE HOPE TO RECRUIT OVER 1000 PLAYERS FOR THE GAME!
How can research and innovation communities answer the big challenges of the 21st century?
How would you address these challenges when the world of R&D looks like this?
You will have 36 hours to find out! Register here to play INNOVATE2038. The game will utilize IFTF's Foresight Engine. Learn more about the Foresight Engine platform here. Previous examples of Foresight Engine projects: Smart Grid 2025 - Gaming for a New Energy Future. Future of the Hospital - How would you reinvent the hospital? Catalysts for Change - Paths out of poverty.
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IRI2038 at the Future Summit!
Come join us at the IRI Future Summit in San Jose, November 18-20! Three major activities are planned for this culmination of the IRI2038 project:
Plenary presentation---This presentation will review the overall results of IRI2038 project.
Backcasting workshops---backcasting workshops will be conducted for the four IRI2038 scenarios. Assume the scenario will be real in 2038. What would we expect to see, and what should we do to prepare, in 2033, 2028, 2023, 2018?
Backcasting is used to make long range foresights more real by exploring what occurs during the intervening years. These workshops will be conducted not only at the Future Summit, but also at remote locations in Shanghai, London, Sao Paulo and Pune.
Report outs---Results of workshops at all locations will be reported back to the Future Summit the following day.
Future Summit early registration and hotel booking ends Friday, Oct. 18. Make sure you take time to book your room today!
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Interested in Learning More about Foresight Methods?
Check out these classic articles on scenario methods:
Scenarios: Unchartered Waters Ahead
Scenarios: Shooting the Rapids
Planning as Learning
More recently: Living in the Futures (a review of Royal Dutch Shell's Futures studies)
Other resources:
The millennium project describes the history and use of over 30 foresights tools used by futurists.
Or check out this book by Andy Hines and Peter Bishop.
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Current Project Status
Please feel free to contact us with questions and comments about this project!
Sincerely,
Ted Farrington, PepsiCo
Christian Crews, AndSpace Consulting
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Project Reports and Newsletters
All IRI2038 project reports to date are available online. These are accessible by all IRI members plus others who participated in the project:
IRI2038 Scenarios Final Report Futures Audit Report Weak Signals Environmental Scan Vision 2038: Implications Wheels (May-June RTM Column) Vision 2038: 25 Years of Change in Product Development (March-April RTM Column) Vision 2038: Envisioning the Future of R&D (January-February RTM Column) |
What is IRI2038?
IRI2038 is a futures project that will explore the following questions:
- How will possible future developments, trends and events impact the art and science of research and technology management over the next 25 years?
- How must IRI evolve to best serve its membership in these various views of the future?
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