Research and consulting
Discovering the future of work and learning
Education Futures works with schools, universities, and nations to develop research, policies, and innovative solutions for problems that face education today – with an eye for the future. Our areas of research expertise include: understanding plausible education futures, invisible learning, democratic education, non-formal and informal learning, education for under-represented communities, national policy development, and educational change.
We are a network of subject matter experts, big dreamers, and change agents. We have a virtual presence, and a global footprint. We seek long-term value in the creation of meaningful education futures.
Research methods include:
- Survey, interviews, and mixed-method data collection
- Delphi, horizon scanning, and other foresight approaches
- Knowmad café and community-based qualitative data collection
Consulting
When working on organizational development, technology planning, curriculum development and internal research, most organizations do not maintain a staff of professional futurists, researchers, and innovation experts — we can help. Education Futures LLC can partner with you to provide affordable, on-demand, high-quality education and human capital development advising. We aim to connect our partners with the best ideas, resources, and solutions possible, including those from our expanding global network. Our areas of expertise include:
- Policy evaluation
- Qualitative and quantitative measurement
- Inter- and transcultural communication and leadership
- Development of theory and methodologies for new educational approaches (i.e., laboratories, digital badging/alternative qualification schemes)
- Understanding and leveraging the emergence of knowmads, leaders of our creative- and context-driven economy, to help us ensure the success of ourselves as individuals, communities, and the planet
- Innovative applications of technologies in learning and new, organizational knowledge production
- Invisible learning: The blending of formal, non-formal, informal and serendipitous learning in innovative contexts
- Delivery of innovative workshops and seminars
- Social and organizational futures research
- Trends analyses and mapping for human potential development
- Software product development coordination for innovative projects
Keynote talks and public speaking
In a world driven by exponential accelerating technological and social change, globalization, and a push for more creative innovations, how can we ensure the success of ourselves as individuals, communities, and the planet?
What does this mean for school leaders who seek the full development of human potential? How do our schools, companies, and other knowledge-based organizations fit in? More importantly, what do we need to do now?
Meet John Moravec
Dr. John Moravec is an author, scholar, and the founder of Minneapolis-based Education Futures LLC. He has given hundreds of invited talks and workshops around the planet on the future of education and work, providing key insights into emerging futures for work and education, invisible learning, the rise of knowmads, and pathways for innovation to help us build preferred futures.
John and the Education Futures team have accrued many years of experience around the world in innovation and leadership for new education and business development and can develop a customized workshop to help your organization build its future. Our approaches include a briefing on emerging ideas related to futures for work, organization-specific problem identification, design thinking methodologies for creating solutions, and plotting pathways for next actions.
Write to us at [email protected] to book John Moravec at your next event!