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Overcoming future shock with foresight

Avoiding collision with tomorrow.

4 min readAug 5, 2021

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Francis Gonzales

Speculative Fiction: Purple Checkered Super Soldiers

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and how CRISPR could be used to create designer pets or super…

5 min readJun 17, 2021

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Speculative Fiction: Purple Checkered Super Soldiers

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Francis Gonzales

Speculative Fiction: Tanya’s Shadow

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and restorative justice. The world was created using a methodology…

4 min readJun 17, 2021

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Speculative Fiction: Tanya’s Shadow

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Francis Gonzales

Speculative Fiction: It’s Fire Season Again

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of doxxing, trolling, and deepfakes. The world was created using a methodology called…

3 min readJun 16, 2021

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Speculative Fiction: It’s Fire Season Again

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Francis Gonzales

Speculative Fiction: Right on Cue

This work of speculative fiction explores the topics of cyberbullying and ransomware in the future. The world was created using a…

3 min readJun 16, 2021

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Speculative Fiction: Right on Cue

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5 Benefits of future thinking

Here’s a bold prediction… in 10 years Strategic Foresight will be business as usual. Companies will look to their Foresight department to…

2 min readJun 3, 2021

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Illustration of face looking to the left with lots of different depictions of science and technological advancement. The image is meant to show foresight.

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Francis Gonzales
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UX Collective

The four tools you need to build a time machine

Using signals, scenarios, artifacts, and simulations to construct plausible futures.

4 min readJun 1, 2021

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Robot flying brain shaped aircraft

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Francis Gonzales

What is Strategic Foresight?

And why you should solve for WHY instead of X

3 min readMay 30, 2021

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What is Strategic Foresight?

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Francis Gonzales

How People Drive Growth: The Story of Ford Motor Co Past, Present, and Future

A business is an abstract idea without people. Abstract ideas have no inherent value. People bring ideas to life. People create value…

8 min readMay 25, 2021

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How People Drive Growth: The Story of Ford Motor Co Past, Present, and Future

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Francis Gonzales
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UX Collective

Ghost kitchens: The new business model eating everyone’s lunch

I’ll never forget the first time I saw a ghost. It was a crisp March day in San Francisco. We pulled up to the nondescript building and…

9 min readMay 22, 2021

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Photo of a restaurant kitchen

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Francis Gonzales

Francis Gonzales

As a Design Strategist I am ever curious about people, culture, and technology. I spot trends, uncover connections, and tend to think A LOT about the future.

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