by Amanda Reeves | May 5, 2022 | Field notes
Becoming an in-house change agent involves learning to create and work with discomfort. If you avoid uncomfortable situations, you will barely be effective. If you are too disruptive and insistent, you’ll struggle to get anyone on board. Create the right amount...
by Amanda Reeves | May 4, 2022 | FuturePod
As a co-host of a podcast with over 130 episodes, I’m often asked by new listeners where they should start. Of course, I answer: “It depends.” It depends on their interests, their familiarity with futures and foresight, their backgrounds. And so I...
by Amanda Reeves | May 3, 2022 | Field notes
As soon as I saw Amble Studios Game design for facilitators, I knew it was for me. I’m a facilitator who loves to bring games and play into workshops, and buys board games faster than I can play them. I arrived expecting to learn game design principles that I...
by Amanda Reeves | May 2, 2022 | Field notes
It takes a lot of guts to quit a secure job to become self-employed. It takes even more guts to do it after you have already tried and failed. You have more reasons to doubt yourself, and it feels you’ve got more riding on it. Here’s what helped me get...
by Amanda Reeves | May 1, 2022 | Futures 101
When I signed up for the Masters in Strategic Foresight, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. The course was jam-packed with brain-curling ideas that changed who I am, the way I work, and how I understand the future. These are the ideas that first got me...