by wg | 3 weeks ago | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
I live in a region where the glaciers are receding. Global heating means that the future of glaciers in Tirol looks bleak, with a new study from ETH Zurich suggesting that by 2100, only about 3% of the glacier mass from 2017 may remain due to climate change. The...
by wg | 1 month ago | Faciliating Futures, Notebook
If anyone missed this in The Guardian yesterday, futures & trends firm Citrini Research posted a futures scenario on Substack that resulted in shares in Uber, Mastercard and American Express falling. A SCENARIO. Of a possible – not predicted, possible...
by wg | 2 months ago | Communication
Do you ever have “Blonde Moments”? In Jacinda Ardern’s book, “A different kind of power”, she tells a story. Pregnant, in power, and balancing crazy hormone changes and the exhaustion of carrying a baby and running a country, she recounts...
by wg | Oct 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
I’ve been in futures workshops that looked impressive from the outside. There were beautifully designed slides. Sophisticated frameworks. Post-its covering every wall. People left energised, saying it was “inspiring” or “eye-opening”. And then: nothing really changed....
by wg | Sep 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
I use walks as a futures method because they tend to surface hope, but not the kind that relies on reassurance or positive thinking. Optimism often skips too quickly to conclusions. It smooths over tension. It looks for signals that “things will work out.” In futures...
