My slides from today’s presentation on ‘Getting You Future Right’ can be found at the link below…

Here’s the upload of my conversation with Vicki Kerrigan at ABC Radio Darwin. In it I offer…

Futurist Marcus Barber will be joining ABC’s Vicki Kerrigan in Darwin for the first of an ongoing…

The panel session at the National Manufacturing Week 2011 went well though with four of us on…

On Thursday I’ll be part of the panel that wraps up the National Manufacturing Week 2011 in…

There’s lots to like about borrowing ideas from other areas especially where those ideas can lead to…

Environmental Scanning (ES) is the process of paying attention to the world in which you operate in…

When it comes to water management, there’s something of potential value that Victoria could learn from Western…

The natural disasters we’ve seen recently around the world have shown us much about the communities in…

Hi everyone – a quick note to let you know that our phones lines have been down…

ABC journalist Adam Stephen interviews Marcus Barber on the subject of GM foods and whether they might…

South East Business Networks, the City of Greater Dandenong’s longest running business development program, is an exceptional…

Today some friends are burying their father who died last week after his health took a sudden…

Cyclone Yasi heads towards Queenslands North East coast this morning with significant concerns for residents. There is…

As promised, the wash-up to my experience with the toll-road operator Eastlink and what I regard as…

The floods are under way throughout the majority of Queensland and now into northern New South Wales…

Reckon it’s time we had a focus on getting things done and so I am declaring 2011…

Another stream of consciousness on the customer service theme that I come back to frequently. If you’ve…

A shift is underway in television in Australia and it has nothing to do with digital versus…

That will be the question many will be asking leading up to the replay of the AFL…

Being someone who questions the value of technology before climbing on board, I’ve been perhaps a tad…

In preparation for work with a couple of clients in the past fortnight I’ve had to throw…

Whilst the counting of votes is over the election is yet to be completed. Right now the…

If you’ve seen any of the media campaigns for the Australian Federal Election you could have come…

If you’ve been following any of the mainstream media election coverage here in Australia (stuff in the…

This great little cartoon/graphic says it all and although looking at the subject of Universities, there is…

A series of recent activities has me writing on the idea of ‘future strategy’ and how different…

Stephen Downes is one the handful of bloggers I follow consistently. I do so because Downes (unlike…

Coming off what has been undoubtedly my busiest period (3 months) in the past decade, I’m in…

Every now and again you have an opportunity to listen to some rare insights to an industry…

The ‘Supertax’ debate is an interesting one and as expected, both parties are heavily invested in their…

As more organisations look to gain an understanding of how to both identify and prepare for their…

One of the current affairs TV programs did a story recently on the efforts by NSW police…

Lewis Hamilton, the former automotive Formula One ‘number one’ had his car impounded on Friday night for…

Following on from the highly rated ‘Skimming the Cream’ forum in Brisbane on the 9th of February,…

Queensland is one state that leverages its weather to the hilt – and the fact is the…

In a recent article in The Age, Clive Williams of Macquarie University’s Centre for Policing, Intelligence and…

If my information is correct, the 14th of February is the start of the New Year and…

Had any thoughts yet? I have – plenty and judging from the number of media inquiries it…

I’m tipping that Consensus will be reached at Copenhagen this week. Alas it will be a consensus…

The cycle of consumption rears its head as it has done for quite some time. Consumption is…

Our son has just celebrated his fifth birthday and although we don’t make a huge fuss about…

Here’s a little something I’d like you to think about. Are you really who you say you…

‘World – we have a problem’ (apologies to astronaut James Lovell). We are killing ourselves with food…

Anyone looking at the final rainfall figures for Melbourne’s rainfall might be heartened by the news that…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber discussed the future of travel at the ANTOR session at The American Club…

I’m heading to Singapore for a few days to facilitate a scenario planning workshop on behalf of…

Greenwashing is a term used to define marketing actions by organisations, claiming to take an environmental approach…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will be the key note speaker at the Australian Computer Society’s annual conference…

The next Advanced Strategic Planning one-day workshop being run by The Australian Strategic Planning Institute will take…

Hands up if you remember the dot com bubble? Or how about the Y2K bubble? Housing bubble?…

Just a handful of places are left for The Australian Strategic Planning Institute’s one day Advanced Strategic…

Richard Pratt has succumbed to a battle with prostate cancer and there’s no doubt that many words…

Thousands of Australians are just receiving or are about to receive a pretty handsome cheque from the…

It is almost a year since the Australia 2020 Summit was held in Canberra and it is…

A few years ago whilst researching and generating ideas for the National Geographic Channel’s futures based TV…

It is a tad unfortunate that in the past couple of weeks I’ve had to experience the…

Marcus Barber has teamed up with Marketing expert Tod O’Reilly to write ‘Recession Proof Marketing – how…

At the Long Now group run by Stewart Brand, they have regular guest speakers on a whole…

This is Part one with Part two (looking at who will probably better off at this time…

What’s emerging for 2009? What might shape the near term future, what can we do about it…

Yes you read right – thinking ahead I’m anticipating an amazing 2008. Happy new year to all…

The Advanced one day Strategic Planning Workshop in Sydney on the 11th of December at Rydges World…

Every now and again what sounds like a really good idea turns out to be less beneficial…

The second annual fund raiser was held in late October and attended by almost 300 people. Marcus…

The slides used as part of Marcus Barber’s key note address to the Regional Produce Summit are…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will be kicking off proceedings at the 2008 Regional Produce Summit in Wangaratta…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will both key note and act as Master of Ceremonies at the Lockhart…

Marcus Barber joined host Tim Cox and co-host, author and writer Andrew Peglar on the Conversation hour…

Members of the Futures Foundation and the AFFA will be congregating in Pearl Beach in the coming…

One of our many Nordic watchers, Are Thorsteinsson, has posted the Future Matters segment looking at the…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber has contributed a chapter to Volume Five of the ‘Death and Anti-Death’ Anthology…

One of the challenges for one aspect of the world is fuel and the price of fuel…

With the theme ‘Moving Forward, Supply Chains of the Future’, Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will open the…

When it comes to quality strategic futures work as part of making the pragmatic decisions that shifts…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber was well and truly forced to justify the existence of his profession when…

You’d think that given a focus on the future, you’d ask specialists in the future to have…

Some of Australia’s leading futurists gathered in Melbourne in March to provide a specialist Futures approach to…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will meet with eminent ABC radio presenter Jon Faine on Wednesday the 16th…

A group of leading Australian Futurists gathered over the weekend to consider the 10 core themes set…

As preparations continue for the Prime Minister Rudd’s ‘1000 heads’ ideas summit in Canberra in April, a…

A few thoughts on what steps could be taken to overcome the ‘treat everyone like a nail’…

Marcus Barber offers his thoughts on How to Stop Japanese Whaling in its Tracks and suggests that…

If an ‘Inconvenient Truth’ raised the profile of global warming to the general population, it appears that…

Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber will join Tim Cox on 774 ABC as part of the conversation hour…

At the AustForesight 2007 Conference, Strategic Futurist Marcus Barber and fellow Futurist Steve Tighe presented their take…

Futurists often get asked things like ‘Okay then – who’s going to win the ‘flag’ this year’….

Does your organisation suffer what Futurists call ‘Operational Sleepwalking’? That most organisations (and people) willingly sleepwalk their…

Maree Conway, of ‘University Futures’ has joined the Australian Strategic Planning Institute as a lead facilitator for…

The latest edition of Fast Thinking has hit the streets and includes another tool for those seeking…

Looking Up Feeling Good would like to wish the very talented and focused futurist, Sophie Barber a…

The CoreNet Global Melbourne 2007 Summit incorporated a thought provoking Hypothetical panel discussion on the future of…

Among other great articles, the winter 2007 edition of Fast Thinking magazine highlights the ‘8 Factor’ model…

Last night the ABC program ‘A Difference of Opinion’ looked at the issues of the housing affordability…

Dan Atkins, former manager of Environmental policy at Toyota and now Director of Sustainable Business Practises and…

Looking Up Feeling Good’s advanced signals reporting service ‘Future Alerts’ is now available as a monthly subscription…

Futurist Marcus Barber has been invited to present at the Stockholm International Water Institute’s prestigious World Water…

The May Brainnovation session is open for bookings. If you’d like to be invited to attend this…

Every now and again you discover something well ahead of the general public that is worthy of…

Marcus Barber joined Brigette Duclos on the Channel 10 program ‘9am with David & Kim’ to discuss…