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Strategic Foresight for Friends and Relatives

Source: Adapted and extended from Voros (2003) Merry Christmas. I am a member of the Strategic Foresight team at Autodesk. The Strategic Foresight team explores future scenarios in a STEEP (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, and Political) framework to identify drivers... Read more →

Good News and Bad News from 2023

If nothing else, 2023 was stirring. The Earth unleashed a devastating earthquake in Turkey-Syria, wildfires raged in Hawaii and Canada, and record rain displaced millions of people in northeastern China. The wars between Ukraine/Russia and Israel/Hamas only added to destruction... Read more →

Merry Christmas from Our Family to Yours 2023

Christmas 2023 Dear friends and relatives, The big news is that Steven got married. Our family is thrilled to welcome Kate, Scarlett (age 13), Penelope (age 11), and Dutch (age 10) into the Sheppard family. We had a fabulous celebration... Read more →