Hi. I’m Eric Kingsbury.

I am a working futurist, technology strategist and graduate of the Strategic Foresight program at the University of Houston. Professionally, I also work in technology competitive intelligence, market intelligence and strategy. I am a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) and Strategic Consortium of Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).

My primary research interests include the ethical issues and transformative potential of emerging technologies; the impact of robotics, AI and automation on our society and our organizations; the study of foresight methods, storytelling and the creation of positive future models; politics, economics and sustainability; but also much more.

Academically, I also have an MBA in International Management from Arizona State University and a BA in English from Illinois State University. I am based in Phoenix, Arizona.

If you want to learn still more about me, visit my LinkedIn profile. I welcome any and all connections. You can also follow me on Twitter.

Kiteba is my core futurist project. Briefly, here’s what Kiteba’s all about:

Kiteba: The Blog

I’ve coined the word “Kiteba” for this blog. I’m pronouncing it “kih-tay-buh.”

“Kiteba” is an acronym for Knowledge, Intelligence, Technology, Ecology, Biology, and Art. It’s a word that combines an integrated set of obsessions I have at present in regard to, again, the future. Changes and advances in these areas are converging at a rapid pace, promising to impact everything from our social existence, to how we learn and communicate, to even the material composition of the planet.

Kiteba is a path to a variety of opportunities for good futures. From what I can tell, all positive possible futures involve some combination of the Kiteba elements. Kiteba is a kind of magic formula. Mixed with courage and determination, good, integrated Kiteba work may just mitigate the looming disaster inherent in all the negative trends we see developing for our species and planet.

Kiteba is also about the interdisciplinary mind. Being a generalist. Borrowing ideas and innovating new ones. Ideas and works that defy categories. Redefining models and systems. It means learning and thinking, creating and doing.

The blog is about my thoughts on all this stuff and more, but I welcome guest articles that might fit. Contact me through the form below if you’re interested.

At this point, Kiteba is not a formal organization or business of any kind; it’s just the locus of my personal practice in futures or foresight. However, I do welcome inquiries if you wish to collaborate or have interesting work with which I might help.

Kiteba: Contact Information

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