In her essay Important Questions to Ask Yourself, poet Jane Hirshfield tells a story about a man who travels far to ask a wise teacher a question. When he finally asks it, the teacher slaps him. The lesson, the disciples later explain, is simple and severe: never...
Thriving in Uncertainty: The Role of Sustainability Education in Business Resilience Examine how sustainability education helps businesses navigate change and uncertainty. Learn how it builds resilience, adapts to new regulations, and meets evolving consumer...
AI can be a powerful tool in futures and foresight work. It can scan vast amounts of information, surface patterns across domains, and generate plausible starting points for scenarios or speculative artifacts. Used well, it expands our field of vision and accelerates...
Following on from my recent thoughts about collective intelligence as a futures skill, I thought I’d come back to the widespread assumption that leadership, and futures work, requires certainty. That someone, somewhere, should know where things are headed and what...
Place is never just a backdrop. Every place encodes power: who it was designed for, who feels welcome, who is watched, who belongs, and who does not. Boardrooms, campuses, public squares, heritage sites, city streets: each one quietly signals whose voices matter and...
