Web3 Fusion: Embracing AI and Beyond
Dreams and Disruptions, this time in Bangkok at the DCN Global Web 3.0: Beyond AI Conference! Around a hundred digital and media professionals from all over Asia and the world played D&D to imagine the unthought-of-futures and discussed the value of randomness in futures literacy and foresight. Here are some of the key insights from the game and participants: The game's
Beyond the Game: Exploring Future Worlds with Dreams and Disruptions
Reflecting on my keynote at this year's RSD12 Relating Systemic Design Symposium (unfortunately, we failed to record the proceedings), I'm drawn back to the profound insights and experiences shared over the years through the Dreams and Disruptions Game. This imagination-based, scenario-building card game has transformed into a vital tool for some in exploring alternative future worlds. Since its inception in
Navigating the Unpredictable: Lessons from Blending Randomness, Imagination, and Leadership in Foresight Gaming
The "𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲: A Dreams and Disruptions Game" event at the launch of the UNESCO Chair on Anticipatory Governance and Regenerative Cities at Northwestern University on October 13, 2023, brought together faculty members from all colleges of Northwestern University to explore the uncharted territories of imagination, challenge the status quo, and contribute to the collective exploration of the futures
Dreams and Disruptions at Quest Alliance Bangalore, India
It was a great experience playing the Dreams and Disruptions Game at the Quest Alliance Futures Literacy workshop with Priyanka Krishna and Shakil Ahmed in Bangalore, India. Approximately 25 to 30 conference attendees participated in the workshop. They enjoyed the game, laughed a lot (one of my success metrics), and deeply reflected on the nature and function of imagination in futures
CEF at the Finland Futures Academy Planetary Futures Conference
Last week the Center for Engaged Foresight Chief Futurist Prof. Shermon Cruz and Ph.D. Candidate Heidi Mendoza of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam presented their paper "From Foresight to Power: Challenging and Reimagining Futures and Pathways of Land Use, and Water Governance" at 2022: Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing organized by the Finland Futures Academy at Turku University. The presenters shared
From Engaged Foresight to Hiraya Foresight: Democratizing Futures Literacy in the Philippines at the UNESCO Futures Literacy Global Summit
The Hiraya Foresight booth also featured, front and center, the milestones, current achievements, and ongoing futures literacy work by the DAP-GSPDM Futures Studies Platform, Northwestern University's PhilForesight, and the Philippine Futures Thinking Society. The Hiraya Foresight developed by the collaborators' video outlined and showcased how futures literacy that began in the Philippines in 2012 and the impacts it had at