by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
A lot of modern infrastructure quietly assumes constant uptime. The internet. Our power systems. Our payment systems. Our GPS-powered navigation tools. When any of them stutter, even if only momentarily, things start to unravel quickly. I’ve observed that this...
by Suzanne Whitby | Mar 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
Good facilitation in futures work isn’t about adding polish. It changes what becomes possible. It shapes who feels able to contribute, how uncertainty is experienced, and whether imagination expands or contracts under pressure. It affects whether futures are...
by Suzanne Whitby | Feb 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
One of the most persistent misunderstandings about futures and foresight is that it’s about prediction. When facilitating futures and foresight workshops, I still hear versions of this regularly: “So what do you think will happen?” or “Which future do you think is...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jan 7, 2022 | Faciliating Futures
In futures and foresight workshops, participants often talk about THE future. Practitioners tend to insist on futures, plural. At first glance, that can sound like jargon. in fact, I sometimes get a lot of push-back: “FutureS isn’t grammatically...
