Smashing conformity: Hurling the hammer at the machine

How should futurists evaluate Richard Slaughter’s four decades of contributions to futures studies? This paper selectively examines Slaughter’s body of work, how he shaped the field of critical futures and developed his Transformation Cycle to illustrate how people, organizations, and society process change. The paper concludes with the author asking, “What has endured within me, based on my interaction with Slaughter?”