by Amanda Reeves | Aug 19, 2022 | Futures 101
‘The future’ never arrives. It always lies ahead, out of reach, while we experience a constantly unfolding present. The present is the only time when we have choice and agency. Whenever we’re looking back at history, or forwards to potential futures,...
by Amanda Reeves | Aug 17, 2022 | Field notes
How do you usually listen? Listening is a thing you do all the time. But have you thought much about the way that you listen? Otto Scharmer’s work in Theory U gives us 4 different levels of listening. Each level has it’s place. Practice listening at each...
by Amanda Reeves | Aug 16, 2022 | Field notes
Scenarios of potential futures are most interesting when they move beyond the utopia / dystopia binary, and describe futures that don’t feel good or bad. Instead, they feel… interesting. Rather than paint a picture of a future we want or do not want, they...
by Amanda Reeves | Aug 15, 2022 | Field notes
As a futurist, I talk a lot with people about how to notice and respond to uncertainties. It’s kind of my thing. We usually unpack uncertainty as a hypothetical possibility in a workshop setting. We step back, consider the situation from multiple angles, and...
by Amanda Reeves | Aug 14, 2022 | Futures 101
The future never actually arrives. Instead, it unfolds into the present. How? It is a dance choreographed by the intersection of trends and events, the potential and constraints of the present moment, and how we make sense of and respond to these. Options and order...
