2012 Awards Program   

The MIFW Core Team closed nominations 31 Dec 2011 for futures works completed from 2007 to 2011. Nominations include eleven books, two articles, a game, a video, and a report. Five are in Category 1 Methods & Practice, nine in Category 2 Significant Areas (Content), and two in Category 3 New Images. Awards will be announced mid-2012.

The 2012 Jury consists of Marcus Barber (Australia), Josh Calder (US), Andrew Curry (UK), Bob Frame (New Zealand), Terry Grim (US), Chad Harms (US), Dominique Jaurola (Australia), Jim Lee (US), Riel Miller (France), Sam Miller (US), Rowena Morrow (Australia), Elizabeth Rudd (Australia), Wendy Schulz (UK), and Bob Treadway (US). The following works were nominated.   
  • “Evoke!” by Jane McGonigal (2010), a massive multi-player online game; nominated by Peter Bishop
  • “Joint Operating Environment” by the U.S. Department of Defense (2010).  This is a global trends analysis nominated by Peter Bishop
  • An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (2007), nominated by Peter Bishop.  
  • The Nature of Technology by W. Brian Arthur (2011) nominated by Jim Mathews. This book is a deep dive into the nature of technology and how it works.
  • Outliers by W. Malcolm Gladwell (2009) nominated by Jim Mathews. This book is an interesting take on how things work in the real world and shatters some preconceptions.

World Wide Mind by Michael Chorost (2011) nominated by Ken Harris. The author probes whether an Internet of communication from human brain to human brain is possible and what its benefits and costs would be.


 

  • "A New Methodology for Anticipating STEEP Surprises" by Oliver Markley (2011) nominated by Andy Hines. A new Type II Wild Card is defined as high probability, high impact, but low credibility and thus discounted by important stakeholders.
  • The Biggest Wake Up Call in History, by Richard Slaughter (2011) nominated by Cindy Frewen. Slaughter applies integral futures to frame impending environmental crises and collective approaches to solve them.
  • Prosperity Without Growth: Transition to a Sustainable Economy, by the UK Sustainable Development Commission (2009) nominated by Cindy Frewen. In response to the fiscal crisis, and unsustainable growth and environmental impacts, this study recommends decoupling prosperity and consumption, a focus on fairness and sharing, and living within ecological constraints. 

  • It's Your Future... Make It a Good One! by Verne Wheelwright (2010) nominated by Andy Hines. In this book and workbook, strategic planning and futures methods from scanning to creating preferred futures are adapted to the personal level. 
  • The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2007) nominated by Joel Barker. This book examines highly unpredictable events.
  • The Price of Perfection by Maxwell Mehlman (2009) nominated by Ken Harris. This book is an examination of the technical, ethical and legal issues involved in enhancement of the human body by drugs and other means.
  • Fly Me to the Moon by Heather Schlegel (2011) nominated by Cindy Frewen, is a short film of a near-term future scenario enacted at an LA restaurant. 
  • Wired for War by P.W. Singer (2009) nominated by Ken Harris. This book is a comprehensive examination of the U.S. military's adoption of robotic warfare and of the ethical, technical and legal issues involved as well at the carryover to civilian use of robotics technology developed for the US military.
  • "Anticipatory systems and the philosophical foundations of futures studies," by Riel Miller & Roberto Poli (2010) nominated by Cindy Frewen. This special issue of Foresight explores the centrality of anticipatory futures, how it enters the processes of everyday life to produce knowledge, and connects imagined futures and present choices. 
  • ConsumerShift: How Changing Values are Reshaping the Consumer Landscape by Andy Hines (2011) nominated by Cindy Frewen. A study of the personas and underlying values that will shape consumer choices and organizational strategies in the coming decade. 
 
 

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