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The Journal of Futures Studies “Perspectives” is a space for exploring transformative ideas for social and socio-ecological change as well as challenging “used futures.” We team up with The Briefing. Today, a futures-oriented podcast that speaks to people’s curiosity to adventure in unchartered territories and desire to innovate by inclusion and diversity.
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Anita Hazenberg: Police Futures
Technology and innovation are constantly shaping our lives, often for the better. Yet, today’s security landscape is volatile, subject to unexpected shock. From terrorism to cybercrime, unparalleled criminal activities can quickly emerge on the radar. I am pleased to be joined by Director of INTERPOL Innovation Centre, Anita Hazenberg to explore police futures. Anita has extensive experience in policing and brought the discipline of foresight into law enforcement.
Susann Roth: Mission-Oriented Innovation
Mission-oriented innovation and market-shaping policies have recently been adopted by policymakers around the world. The mission approach is useful for thinking about how to redirect strategies (or realize futures scenarios) so that it fosters new forms of collaborations across different forms of organizations and a wide variety of sectors. Mission-oriented thinking requires understanding the difference between (1) broad challenges, (2) missions, (3) sectors and (4) specific solutions.
Dave Snowden: Cynefin Framework
“Chaos and catastrophe by their very definition do not repeat but it is important to realise that there are different types and levels of uncertainty that we need to be aware of. It is not always about being rational or having a process in place: being aware of our limits in what we are able to see and comprehend as possibilities is as important as planning. Indeed, in some contexts, planning may make us more vulnerable than improvising, as it exposes us to inattentional bias” writes Dave Snowden and Alessandro Rancati. Today I am here with Dave, founder at Cognitive Edge, who designed the Cynefin [ku-nev-in] Framework and expertise sits at the intersection of knowledge management, complexity science and system theory.
John Sweeney: Building Communities
People. Interactions. Groups. Relationships. Communities. Participation. Togetherness. Systems.
With System we generally defined a group of entities that operates within the same boundaries, which informs/defines are doing. At a macro scale, we have society, at a smaller scale there is an organisation, or even smaller a family. But who designs these systems, boundaries, rules? Were different voices taken into considerations? Was enough weight given to everyone’s perspective? Did everyone feel comfortable to speak up? What could be the consequences? What are the foundational values of that system? These are some of the questions we should ask ourselves while designing for a more inclusive future. Today I am joined by a friend and colleague to chat about some of these points. Please, let me welcome to The Briefing.Today family: John Sweeney.
Massimo Garbuio: Value-based Innovation
The 21st century is dictated by complex, ambiguous, and fast-changing societal scenarios. Innovation requires new reasoning capabilities to deal with these entangled dynamics. Today I’m joined by colleague and friend Massimo Garbuio to chat key reasoning to strategically design innovative futures. Massimo is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship at the University of Sydney.
David Kalisz: Beyond Scenario
Turbulence and uncertainty are still strongly prevalent in our professional and personal lives. How we see, think, and explore trends is influencing the way we imagine possible future scenarios, eventually informing our decision. Today I am joined by a friend and colleague David Kalisz to go beyond the classic 2by2 matrix scenario exploring a novel approach to scenario design. David is associate professor at the department of management and strategy, Paris School of Business. He merges futures studies and economics.
Steve Tighe: Scenario Planning
Some ask what the future will bring, few ask how we can shape that future. It goes without saying that there are several futures, not just one. However, we can strategize and plan for changes. Today we explore from a practical perspective the very exercise of scenario planning and how it is used to rethink strategy. For this, I am joined by Steve Tighe of Chasing Sunrises.
Ilaria Mazzoleni: Futuring Biomimicry
Envisioning futures that are non-linear from the present isn’t that hard. Teams need different tools and reasoning to think laterally. By combining human ingenuity with nature’s genius, the possibilities of envisioning alternative futures are infinite. Nature is the only real model that shows us a truly sustainable process creation. Today I am joined by Ilaria Mazzoleni to explore the following question: How can teams use biomimicry to envision and design for sustainable futures?. Ilaria is an architect, founder of IM Studio which is based in Milano and Los Angeles and operates worldwide. Her expertise is in biomimicry, bio-inspired design and sustainable architecture.
Loes Damhof: Futures Applied
The future is Uncertain, Ambiguous, Unknown, Challenging, Novel. In the past months, how many times have you heard these ‘frightening’ words? Today I’m joined by Loes Damhof whose expertise relates to teaching the use-of-futures to innovate in the present. Loes teaches at Hanze University and is UNESCO Chair, Futures Literacy in Higher Education.
Jose Ramos: Anticipatory Experimentation
Frank Snowden once said, “all pandemics afflict societies through the specific vulnerabilities people have created by their relationships with the environment, other species, and each other.”. Today such vulnerabilities show the lack of inclusion, anticipation, and adaptation of human beings. The economy and the society at large are mainly built off a single mindset. Diversity is often not included when thinking, designing and making decisions for and of the futures. Today I am joined by Jose Ramos who has extensive experience in futures studies. Jose is founder at Action Foresight and Senior Consulting Editor at Journal of Futures Studies
Riel Miller: Futures Literacy
In a society that is pivoting to a ‘new’ normal which shows the fragility of the interrelationship of its elements and values are changing, people are questioning what the future will hold. Today I will explore the potential of embracing an attitude toward imagining the futures and leveraging off diversity as strategy for resiliency. For this, I have the honor to be joined by Riel Miller, Head of Foresight for UNESCO, whose specialty is Futures Literacy.
John Rousseau: Responsible Design
Designers are the creators of new products, services, applications and so on. Simply put, designers are the creators of the things we interact in our daily life. Each new addition to the system means that known and unknown consequences will follow. Today I am joined by John Rousseau to explore the underlying steps of responsible design and the beauty of systems in flux. John is partner at Artefact, and leads teams in strategic foresight and speculative design.
Sohail Inayatullah: Narrative Foresight
Who doesn’t like a good story to let the imagination flows? Today we explore the value of Narrative Foresight to actually explore, generate, and describe possible alternative scenarios, whether utopian or dystopian. I am joined by Sohail Inayatullah, UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies. Sohail designed the Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) framework to explore in-depth drivers of change and create narratives for the futures.
Peter Black: Deep Drivers
We know that there is more than one possible future. Now we have adjusted to what has been called The New Normal, however, we are asked to further adapt to a New New Normal. Today I am joined by Peter Black for a practical talk to discuss Deep Drivers of change. Peter is Director of Essential Foresight and has extensive expertise in foresight and emerging infectious diseases. Previously Peter was a veterinary epidemiologist and worked on emerging infectious diseases for 25 years.
