...spreading the word about the value of foresight today
I think I first heard the phrase trust emergence from Joseph Voros when we were working together more than a decade ago to do foresight at Swinburne University of Technology. It’s become something of a mantra for me ever since, allowing me to let go of my deeply ingrained need for structure and trust that whatever happens, [...]
Some of you who know me personally will know that over the past year, I’ve been dealing with a string of health issues, thankfully all relatively minor and all easily treatable. I’m very grateful for that outcome. What dealing with health stuff does when you get to my age is make you stop and re-think [...]
Over the past few months, I have helped organise a celebration of 10 years of the Masters of Strategic Foresight course at Swinburne University of Technology here in Melbourne. Last Saturday (31 July), a group of about 40 alumni, current students, present and past teaching staff gathered to celebrate those 10 years. This course was [...]
I’ve been watching, pondering and musing of late about the debate on whether climate change is real or not. Here in Australia, we have just witnessed the extraordinary spectacle of a political party (the Liberal Party) imploding around this issue – driven by disagreement about approaches to climate change, and strong resistance to an opposition [...]
Today I have launched my new business - Thinking Futures – a futures practice that will work with people in education and non-profit organisations to think long and to use that thinking to build stronger strategy. I call Thinking Futures an futures practice, rather than a consultancy. Having worked with many consultants over my career in [...]
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