Awaken your inner futurist

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. Alvin Toffler Revolve Evolve I took a few weeks off from the Futuring Dispatch to complete my certification and am now officially a Certified Biomimicry Educator, part of a global and growing community of biomimics. The final graduation presentation will be shared with you as soon as I...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Innovation is the child of freedom and the parent of prosperity. Matt Ridley, author of How Innovation works Revolve Evolve Having attended the Future Fabrics Expo this week, I must say the quote by MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte 'BioTech is the new Digital' has never rung so true. This week discover my Spur Magazine column inspired by Negroponte's foresight. It outlines the innovations across...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Relationships are the very oxygen of human development. Dr. Karen Treisman Revolve Evolve Hi everyone I hope you're well. I'm in Portugal right now fully unplugged and prescheduled this Futuring Dispatch for you. Speaking of unplugging - this week we'll be exploring a cultural shift I've been tracking for years if you've been following my forecasts and writing: the rise of a movement rejecting our...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week I am soothed and intrigued by the experience of the longest possible view. I am profoundly drawn to questions of scale. We human beings have a very unique situation which is that we are finite creatures in an infinite universe. Kathryn Schulz author of Lost & Found Revolve Evolve After years of teaching future foresight to professionals across industries, from industry leaders to university students, I kept...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow. Khalil Gibran Revolve Evolve Before diving into today's dispatch with Judith Van Vliet, the visionary behind The Color Authority™, I have a small favour to ask. In case you don't know I founded the Trend Atelier school in 2019. We have a flagship course that has attracted a spectrum of futuring professionals ranging from...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Revolutions happen in 2 phases: 1. realisation something has gone wrong 2. everyone realised the other person has realised the same thing. People talk more about it. Brian Eno What do you do when you exist within a system you know is not working, yet you feel powerless to change it? Looking back at the last 20 years, this is the question I set out to answer when my work in fashion design and fashion forecasting...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Taking a systems approach allows for a dynamic and intimate understanding of the elements and agents at play within the problem arena, enabling us to identify opportunities for intervention. The goal is to not solve but to evolve the problem arena you are working within so that the status quo is shifted. Leyla Acaroglu, Disrupt Design Chronos Interrupted How is your relationship with time these days? Mine...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make." Dr. Jane Goodall International Zero Waste Day: Why Our Wardrobe Choices Matter More Than Ever Today marks the International Day of Zero Waste, and this year's focus hits close to home for all of us who wear clothes (so, just...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week “What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.” — Samuel Johnson (1791) Introduction I haven't connected with you in a minute as I've been nursing today's extensive piece for a while. My biomimicry training has also been taking on a new dimension towards a very systemic approach, something I want to update you on. But for now, here's today's deep dive: What is a Futures Activist?...