Power in futures work doesn’t just show up in who sets the agenda. It shows up in who feels able to speak. When futures processes reward confidence, speed, and verbal fluency, they amplify voices that already carry power. In parallel, they quietly (and sometimes not...
We often talk about futures work as if it happens in a room. But place is never neutral. Every futures conversation is shaped by where it happens: what people can see, hear, smell, remember, and move through. Place carries histories, power, exclusions, habits, and...
Most futures work still treats imagination as something that happens in the head. But the brain doesn’t work that way. What neuroscience shows, and what experiential futures make tangible, is that imagination is embodied. We think with our whole nervous system, not...
We tend to talk about futures and foresight as analytical capabilities: the ability to scan signals, build scenarios, or anticipate change. But I’m increasingly convinced that one of the most important futures skills is something else entirely: collective...
Most futures work still treats imagination as something that happens in the head. But the brain doesn’t work that way. What neuroscience shows, and what experiential futures make tangible, is that imagination is embodied. We think with our whole nervous system, not...
One of the things I appreciate most about Questions Are the Answer is how strongly it links questioning to humility. Hal Gregersen suggests operating under the assumption that we don’t know things we need to know, and that this isn’t a weakness, but a strength. It...
