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        • My Journey as a Futurist
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        • Defeating the Taliban: Creating an Alternative Future Through Reframing and Humour
        • The Future Has Arrived: Forecasts of the 2015 Economic Boom
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    • Vol. 13 No. 4 May. 2009

      • Introduction
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        • Reframing the Future
        • Footprints of the Future: Timelines and Exploratory Forecasts in Futures Research
        • Roads Less Travelled: Different Methods, Different Futures
        • Should Probabilities Be Used with Scenarios?
        • Foresight Maturity Model (FMM): Achieving Best Practices in the Foresight Field
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        • Technological Singularity and Transcendental Monism: Co-producers of Sustainable Alternative Futures
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        • From Strategic Foresight to Conversations about Alternative and Desired Futures Using Scenarios to Transform the Present
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        • An Integral Approach to Scenarios
        • From Foresight to Insight: Using Scenarios Well
        • Windows for the Mind: The Use of Scenario Planning for Enhancing Decision-Making and Managing Uncertainty
        • Stepping into, or through, the Mirror: Embodying Alternative Scenario Patterns
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        • Reinventing the Wheel: Common Sense and Responsibility in Futures Studies
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