Hub Futures Explorers Info Session

Adam Jorlen, Futurist & Helen Palmer, Change Facilitator

“This present momentUsed to beThe unimaginable future”

Stewart BrandThe Clock of the Long Now

Why think about the future?

The inescapable dilemma:

“All our knowledge is about the past, but all our decisions are about the future.”

Ian Wilson

Types of Futures

Potential – all possible futures

Possible - “might” happen (future knowledge)

Plausible – “could” happen (current knowledge)

Probable - “likely to” happen (current trends)

Preferable - “want to” happen (value judgments)

Types of futures

Check-in Why are you here? What are your hopes for being part

of the  FSF Group?

Hub Foresight Process February – May 2013 Purpose Success Structure Collaboration Process

Copyright: Joseph Voros

Strategic Foresight Remember, foresight is a normal

capacity of the human mind. In organisations, the challenge is to take

it from being an implicit unconscious process taking place in a single mind to being an explicit conscious process taking place in many minds.

In other words, from implicit & unconscious to explicit & conscious and from individual to collective.

Collaborative, Open Foresight

"Open Foresight is a process for analysing complex issues in an open and collaborative way, and to raise the bar on public discourse and forward-focused critical thinking.

It draws on well-established methodologies from the Futures Studies field, principles from design thinking, and visual communication tools to create a framework for building forecasts and scenarios." 

- From the Future of Facebook project

Purpose / Objective We are the future of the Hub A four-month foresight process to:

crowd-source a couple of scenarios or options for the future of Hub Melbourne, and

increase / deepen awareness of futures thinking in the Hub community.

Use wisdom of the crowd Build on Hub Ethos / shared meaning

Process

Process

What is success? Aims Outputs/outcomes for us and Hub

Scenarios Learning

Fun Wish list

Hub Futures

Social Media Twitter hash tag + Yammer topic :

#hubfutures Blog for reflections

Structure