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Robert Hickson
June 23, 2019

Jill of all trades, and mistress of some

Robert Hickson
June 23, 2019

It isn’t just technology changing the nature of work, but changing perceptions on the utility of depth of knowledge and ability to learn new things.

Tagged: future of work, socio-technical system, employment, education, society

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Robert Hickson
June 20, 2019

The robot strikes back

Robert Hickson
June 20, 2019

If robots fight against injustice will we still accept them?

Tagged: Robots, empathy, behaviour, human-robot relationships, society

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Robert Hickson
May 26, 2019

Game of Futures

Robert Hickson
May 26, 2019

No one needs telling that the Future is Coming. But there are different perspectives and attitudes toward it. Scenarios and futures thinking needs to embrace grittier complex narratives to really engage their audiences.

Tagged: narrative, story telling, scenarios, complexity, socio-economic transformation

Robert Hickson
May 9, 2019

The elephants not in the room

Robert Hickson
May 9, 2019

Elephants can be an important symbol to illustrate concepts for how to think about the future. I’ve found a new one to add to the metaphorical menagerie.

Tagged: futures methods, futures thinking

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Robert Hickson
April 20, 2019

NZ scenarios for technological change

Robert Hickson
April 20, 2019

NZ’s Productivity Commission has developed draft scenarios looking at the impact of technological change on the future of work. They want to know if they are useful for considering the future labour market effects of technological change. My initial response is no.

Tagged: scenarios, future of work, New Zealand, productivity, technological change, futures methods

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Robert Hickson
April 2, 2019

Beyond the Robofarm

Robert Hickson
April 2, 2019

It’s easy to get momentarily excited about robots on the farm, particularly if they are close to home, picking apples or herding stock. But robots are a means not the end.

Tagged: farming, agriculture, robots, innovation, future, scenarios

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Robert Hickson
March 26, 2019

Futures of work

Robert Hickson
March 26, 2019

It’s hard to find a way through the forest of forecasts about the impact new technologies will have on work and life. Is it going to be terrible, awesome, same same, all of the above, or something else?

Tagged: foresight, futures, scenarios, future of work, technology, society, policy

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Robert Hickson
March 21, 2019

Future nation

Robert Hickson
March 21, 2019

Two centuries ago there was an allegory doing the rounds of England. A “New Zealander” – meaning a Māori  - at some latter date sat drawing the ruins of London. A sign that all great cities and civilisations eventually diminish and others take their place.

Tagged: future, society, possibility, opportunity

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Robert Hickson
March 13, 2019

Revolutionary cycles

Robert Hickson
March 13, 2019

Like business and politics, futurism and foresight are susceptible to short-termism, shallow historical perspectives, and a focus on parts not the whole.  

Tagged: history, technology, revolutions, foresight, economic, policy, trends, technological

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Robert Hickson
March 2, 2019

One-way thinking on a two-way street

Robert Hickson
March 2, 2019

“One-way thinking on a two-way street”, from an Ogden Nash poem, is particularly apt for a lot of the futures speculation and prediction going on all over the place.

Tagged: futurist, foresight, futures thinking

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