by Suzanne Whitby | Jan 12, 2025 | Notebook, Short. Honest. Human., To export
Some thoughts on Mel Robbins’ “Let Them” theory and how we can apply it to climate communication. I’ve recently finished reading Mel Robbins’ new book, “The Let Them Theory”. When it comes to climate communication and co-creating hopeful, sustainable futures, it feels...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jan 5, 2025 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
I’m back to thinking about Miti Desai’s essay, “An Indigenous Pedagogy in Contemporary Times: My experience with the gurukul system of training”. In the Gurukul system, learning happens through proximity, repetition, observation, and relationship, as . Not through...
by Suzanne Whitby | Dec 17, 2024 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
My last reflection for 2024. I’ve seen futures processes fail, not because the scenarios were weak, but because the facilitation was. Some common anti-patterns that I’ve noticed include: Scenario-as-performance Scenarios are presented to people, not worked with...
by Suzanne Whitby | Nov 17, 2024 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
Movement is often treated as a break from thinking. But research shows that movement is a form of thinking and meaning-making. Our brains evolved in motion, solving problems while walking, navigating, scanning, and responding together. When we sit people still and ask...
by Suzanne Whitby | Oct 17, 2024 | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
Most futures sessions involve people sitting still, listening for long stretches, trying to imagine radical change through abstract language and bullet points. Which is odd, because our brains didn’t evolve for that at all. John Medina’s Brain Rules makes this clear:...
