Andy Hines — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Strategic Foresight at the University of Houston (since 2014)
Co-founder and former Chair of the Association of Professional Futurists
Principal of foresight consulting firm Hinesight (since 2010)
Co-creator of the 'framework foresight' method for innovation and strategy development
Author of seven books, including 'Imagining After Capitalism' (2025) and 'Consumershift' (2011)
Former organizational futurist at Kellogg Company and Dow Chemical
Holds a PhD in Foresight from Leeds Metropolitan University

Biography

Dr. Andy Hines is an American futurist, Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Strategic Foresight at the University of Houston, a position he has held since 2014. He leads the longest-running foresight program in the world and previously served as a Lecturer/Executive-in-Residence at the university from 2005 to 2014.