by Suzanne Whitby | Dec 22, 2023 | Notebook, To export
AI is not the puppet master Stop saying “AI did this” or “AI made that.” That’s the long-story-short version of Scott Rosenberg’s brilliant article about AI and human agency. Oftimes, humans like to talk about artificial...
by Suzanne Whitby | Dec 17, 2023 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
In futures and foresight, we often talk about scenarios, or multiple plausible futures, that offer structured uncertainty and a way to think beyond prediction. Scenarios are powerful. I use them often. And if memory serves, they are probably the most popular futures...
by Suzanne Whitby | Dec 15, 2023 | Notebook, To export
What colour is the most common in flowers? Why this popped into my head today, who knows, but it did. I thought that perhaps it was not one colour but rather shades of blue and violet. It turns out – surprise, surprise – that I am not the first person to...
by Suzanne Whitby | Nov 19, 2023 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
In futures work, hope is often misunderstood. It’s sometimes treated as optimism, a belief that things will turn out well. But in complex systems, that kind of hope rarely survives contact with reality. The kind of hope I’m interested in is different. It’s the...
by Suzanne Whitby | Nov 7, 2023 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
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...
