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What is foresight? (TL;DR edition)
When I introduce myself as a strategic foresight practitioner, I often get a blank look in return. Foresight is a broad field, with loads of applications, abstraction, and methods that can take a long time to wrap your head around. Most folk hearing about foresight...
The first date that changed my life (but not in the way you think)
48 hours after my very first Tinder date, I was applying to university for a course I'd never heard of. Prior to this, I hadn't gone to University (I chose Art School instead) and had no compelling reason to change that. Evidently this was not your usual Tinder date....
What does wabi sabi have to do with futures?
In June 2018 I had everything I needed to start my own side hustle - everything that is, except for a name. Naming things is hard! I wanted something that represented the way I do foresight and my mixed bag background of artist-come-project manager-come-change...
Creating safe space: allowing for anxious bodies as we return to in person facilitation
It no longer feels reassuring to be reminded that we breathe the same air. We relish getting back in the room with one another, enjoying the physicality of eye contact, being present together, feeling the room. However. Those aspects of face to face facilitation that...
Going boldly where no one has gone before?
Evidence-based practice is the gold standard, but it cannot help in uncharted territory. Working in simple or complicated problems, using evidence-based practice is a no-brainer. But when we try to apply it at the systems level, the wheels start falling off. We fall...
Overwhelmed by options? A 2×2 matrix makes your choice clear
All facilitators have a favourite basic diagram they instinctively draw in times of need. For me, it's the 2x2 - simple, elegant, endlessly applicable. When I woke this morning to the realisation I needed to radically redesign my content strategy to accommodate my new...
Working with blind spots: when metaphor becomes reality
As a futurist who helps uncover blind spots, I appreciate the irony of having acquired one. 6 days ago I woke up with migraine. This fairly common occurrence came with a new (for me) feature: a visual disturbance in one eye. I realised there might be an issue when I...
How do you know what’s probable?
Every decision we make is informed by our beliefs about the future. Most of us don't have many tools for considering and describing what we think the future probably looks like. For teams leading change to create a new future state, this can be a real problem....
Want to do something about climate change, but ditching disposable cups doesn’t seem enough?
Just because you can't single-handedly flip a system doesn't mean you have no impact. Most calls to action on climate focus on one of 2 things: Make individual changes to your lifestyle that you have complete control over (the BYO KeepCup school of action) Lobby,...
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Wabi Sabi Futures
Wabi Sabi Futures facilitates exploration at the edge of where futures, foresight, change leadership, and arts practice intersect.
I live and work on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung who form part of the Kulin nation, in Naarm (modern-day Melbourne).
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