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“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.”

“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.”

by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 8, 2025 | Hello, Futures Quotable Quotes

“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.” K Suzanne Whitby Futurer, facilitator,...
“When we play with possible futures, we don’t just imagine them—we begin to feel what it might be like to live them.”

“When we play with possible futures, we don’t just imagine them—we begin to feel what it might be like to live them.”

by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 8, 2025 | Hello, Futures Quotable Quotes

“When we play with possible futures, we don’t just imagine them—we begin to feel what it might be like to live them.” K Suzanne Whitby Futurer, facilitator,...
“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”

“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”

by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 8, 2025 | Hello, Futures Quotable Quotes

“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.” K Suzanne Whitby Futurer, facilitator,...
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”

“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”

by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 8, 2025 | Hello, Futures Quotable Quotes

“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.” K Suzanne Whitby Futurer, facilitator,...
“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.”

“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.”

by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 8, 2025 | Hello, Futures Quotable Quotes

“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.” K Suzanne Whitby Futurer, facilitator,...
“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”

“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”

by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 8, 2025 | Hello, Futures Quotable Quotes

“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.” K Suzanne Whitby Futurer, facilitator,...
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Recent Posts

  • Mobility changes perception, changes “the future”?
  • Futures facilitators as midwives and death doulas: witnessing disappearance
  • How is it possible for an apocalypse scenario to shake US markets?
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  • ChatMD?

Recent Comments

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Suzanne Whitby | Foresight, Futures, Facilitation, & Storytelling

About

Suzanne Whitby is a facilitator, researcher, and practitioner building capacities for hopeful, sustainable futures.

She works at the intersection of science, society, storytelling, and sustainability, through science communication training, futures facilitation, place-based walking experiences, and doctoral research exploring how embodied experiences inspire climate action.

 

Work with me

Professional Practice

  • SciComm Success (Evidence-based capacity-building)
  • Futures Fit (Futures capacity-building)
  • Ways to Walk (Pre-political, sustainability capacity-building)

Creative Practice

  • Oral Storytelling
  • Earthed Art

Research

  • senstoryscapes & Walk the Futures

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