Richard A Slaughter Dr. Richard A Slaughter is a writer, practitioner and innovator in Futures Studies and Applied Foresight. He has been based in Australia since the late 1980s. During 1999-2004 he was Foundation Professor of Foresight at the Australian Foresight Institute, Melbourne. During 2001-2005 he was President of the World Futures Studies Federation. He is the author or editor of some 20 books and many papers on a variety of futures topics. Two of his most recent works are: Futures Thinking for Social Foresight (2006) and The Biggest Wake Up Call in History (2010). Currently he is Director of Foresight International: http://www.foresightinternational.com.auHis weblog contains image galleries, reviews, recent work and commentaries on various futures-related subjects: http://www.richardslaughter.com.au/