Stepping into a universe of possibility (Continuing sessions on the theme). Maybe two decades ago, I first read The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. I loved – and still recommend this book, and it succinctly re-minded me of some of the core awakening principles from my experiences […]
2020 is the year of the future, the date and year for which so many future scenarios were written, especially in the early years of the new futures programs, 2009-2012. While no different in terms of time passing, 2020 is a branded year, one that we’ve been forecasting for the past five decades. Now that […]
The first of two foresight workshops presented by Strategic Foresight and Innovation students was held in September with Maheen Zaidi sharing a methodology being proposed for long-horizon transition design and collaborative scenario thinking. Her workshop engaged about 30 participants in exploring futures through worldbuilding and narrative visioning practices. She organized the session around three inquiries: […]
Can we ecologize Toronto’s green lands and watersheds? Can we enhance access and inclusion of cultural uses of our parks, common places and spaces? How might we recover, restore, reimagine or rewild Toronto’s public lands? Toronto’s urban planning team has been comprehensively revising its downtown planning – the DwD engagement held a session to cocreate citizen proposals […]
A Collaborative Foresight Workshop for Imagining Urbanization Challenges In late August, OCADU’s Strategic Innovation Lab engaged 18 academics and thought leaders from around Ontario in an intensive one-day panel on Imagining Canada’s Future, to formulate a short list of distinct future challenges that SSHRC should address through future research programs. The panel research continues with […]