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In May, the series introducing various professionals working with foresight activities continued with the presentation of Virpi Vaittinen, a Foresight Specialist at Finpro. Finpro’s foresight activities aim at gathering signals from a wide variety of domains, and the insight activities … Lue loppuun

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Jari Kaivo-oja’s April blog entry on the economical growth paradigm and the new models of systematic innovation sparked heated discussion. The blog entry summarised recent discussion by emphasising the future importance of immaterial business capital, such as professional and skilled … Lue loppuun

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In his March blog entry, Jari  Kaivo-Oja discussed service  design and the future of the service industry in Finland. A significant number of Finns are employed by the service industry, and the numbers will increase in the future. The service … Lue loppuun

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February was all about work – the future of work. The world is changing, and as it seems that the robots will not completely replace the human workforce after all, the workers of tomorrow have to adapt. New job markets … Lue loppuun

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2010 started with a variety of reports on different topics. Leena Ilmola provided insights from discussions held at the International Institute for Systems Analysis,  in Laxenburg, near Vienna. Approximately 150 to 200 IIASA experts analyse change from a system perspective … Lue loppuun

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Two important anniversaries took place during December: Finland celebrated its 92nd Independence Day, while Foresight.fi  (driven by Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund) celebrated its first anniversary. In his blog entry, Jari Kaivo-oja took a critical view on the tradition of … Lue loppuun

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During November, the blog continued on the topic of creativity by discussing the so-called Warhol cluster for creative industries, comprising of music, fashion and various arts. Instead of a small number of huge corporations, the Warhol cluster builds up from … Lue loppuun

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During October, Foresight.fi invited its readers and the online community to take part in building the future of the information society. Foresight.fi invited readers to share their opinions on the blog or on their personal blogs. Based on the participation, … Lue loppuun

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The monthly theme for September inspired the bloggers to write about one of the necessities of human existence: water. With its vast water resources, Finland is one the lucky nations regarding the struggle for fresh water in the future. Water … Lue loppuun

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The slow summer holiday season in Finland was reflected in the sparse number of blog entries. In the spirit of the upcoming environment summit in Copenhagen, Jari Kaivo-oja discussed the challenges of the post-carbon society. The society has to adapt … Lue loppuun

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