Asia Pacific Futures Network Relaunch
The Asia Pacific Futures Network recently had a reboot of the network by launching the APFN 2.0 with a new website, a working committee, and a visionary board. CEF Chief Futurist is a co-founder, chair of the APFN 2020 conference held in Manila, and a member of the APFN working committee. The event also launched the 8th APFN Conference: "Remedies
Gamification in Talent Development
What exactly is gamification in talent development? Can games or gamification designs and systems amplify your capacity to learn and generate insights at the individual, collaborative and institutional levels? Can it increase your cognitive stamina and capability to process information and synthesize complex experiences in creative, fun, and playful ways? Can games deepen and diversify your ways of learning and
CEF Chief Futurist at EMKAN Futures Podcast
Dubai-based futurist and founder of Emkan Futures, a strategic foresight consulting firm based in the United Arab Emirates recently interviewed and featured CEF Chief Futurist Shermon Cruz. The podcast interview explored the futures of foresight in Asia, the emergence of futures thinking in the Philippines, the Association of Professional Futurists among others.
2020 Asia Pacific Futures Network Virtual Conference: REGEN Asia 2050
Anchored on the theme: “Regenerating Asia 2050: Using Futures Literacy to Transform Governance, Culture, and the Economy,” the event which gave an opportunity for people from the academe, government, business sector, the youth and other relevant stakeholders to share perspectives on how futures literacy—or the lack of it—has influenced governance and society. The event was held from 19
Shermon Cruz Appointed Chair of the Association of Professional Futurists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Professional_Futurists WASHINGTON, D.C. – To signal it is ready to take on new horizons and opportunities, the Association of Professional Futurists welcomes a new board chair for 2021-2022, Professor Shermon O. Cruz from Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Cruz brings two decades of experience to APF in governance, leadership and policy foresight, education, capacity building, risk management, and business continuity. While APF
Making the Future More Elastic
Prof. Cruz shares his story and journey of foresight, his point of view on emerging futures practice, his passion for Causal Layered Analysis (CLA), and ways of making communities of futures practice plural, inclusive and diverse.