RAPPORT // Unleashing a New Kind of R&D in the ESG Environment
As momentum builds around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk, innovators, investors, and leaders are unleashing the traditional constraints of R&D.
How Audacious Goals and Collaboration Can Build a Better Future
We have a history of pointing fingers in challenging eras. It’s time to stop looking to blame and instead collaborate to accomplish a better...
The Timeless Philosophies of Disruption and Innovation
The effort to understand change is timeless. How we innovate to do that has changed. We explore the role of philosophy in our current...
Spotlight Session with Beth Comstock from Future Shock Forum
Deb Westphal talks with Beth Comstock about the organizational transformation she led at GE through the rediscovery of the company culture.
RAPPORT // Are you Making the Most of Your Annual Strategic Planning?
As the operating environment shifts rapidly, here are five annual strategic planning activities leaders can use to address varying rates of change.
An Alternative to Cost-Benefit Analysis for Smarter Military Investments
The Department of Defense (DOD) is revising its military R&D and investment strategies to pursue more future value. This is the right approach.
Future Shock Forum: 2018 Insights
Toffler Associates hosted its 2018 Future Shock Forum in Chicago, where leaders from business, public service, and academia explored the shocks and implications for...
Shocks and Solutions: Future Shock Forum 2018 Event Recap
The Toffler Associates 2018 Future Shock Forum gathered leaders, innovators, and thinkers to explore disruptions and their implications for business and government.
The World is Shifting: Converge and Understand How it Impacts You
The modern environment is marked by rapid and often unexpected ‘shocks’ Join us for Future Shock Forum to understand and manage the impacts of...
Special Interview: Imagining the Future with Beth Comstock
A special interview between Deb Westphal, Toffler Associates CEO, and Beth Comstock, former GE chair, author of Imagine it Forward, and celebrated change maker.
How Cities Should Prepare for Smart Environments
With increasing volume and velocity, smart city technologies and autonomous vehicles are reshaping the structure of our cities and how we live and work...
Disruption 2030: The Drivers Shaping the Future
We collaborated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate to explore future threats and technology disruptions over the next...