Applying Futures Thinking

In this episode, we invited young individuals who are starting their futures/foresight journey. They shared with us how they think about futures thinking, their foresight education, and their thoughts about futurists job titles.

About our guests: 

Hauson Le took Kedge's applied foresight accelerator in 2019, and was certified as a foresight practitioner in 2020. He is working towards a Masters degree in Foresight at the University of Houston, and works in local government foresight report research and workshop facilitation. Some of his past independent consulting projects have been on the Future of Customer Insights, and the Future of General Merchandise Conditions

Elizabeth Herfel graduated from the University of Cincinnati's DAAP in Industrial Design last year. While at DAAP she's had co-op experiences across the design industry. Now, she is working towards her Master's in Foresight at University of Houston, where her research focuses on consumer habits and internet culture.

Roxi is fascinated by the ways digital trends of today will shape human(e) experiences of tomorrow. She uses Futures Thinking to imagine far-out futures that can inform technological development and ethical design. We will discuss how participants can use futures thinking to have more power on what technologies will be in their hands.

About the guest: Roxi Nicolussi is a Strategist and Speaker with a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation and 5+ years in forward-thinking strategic roles. You can follow her on Instagram @bigpictureroxi.

We are in a time where more and more people are interested in learning what futures thinking is, and how it can be applied in different ways.

In this episode, Agustin Borrazas was invited to an Instagram Live session to lead a discussion about the usage of futures thinking in and with The Bible. Agustin has much so faith with the things that he does, the work that he leads within the Grey Swan Guild as a Futurist, and as an Entrepreneur and Technological Evangelist.

The world should utilized a different way of thinking, and the people that joined this audio-only chatroom, shared their experience on how including a cultural element into futures thinking can help strengthen the practice. Also, will we eventually have a global citizen that is involved in all cultures?

Main guest: Emmanuelle Naranjo

Audience participant: Saranya Villavankothai and Vishal

The world should utilized a new way of thinking, and the people that joined this audio-only chatroom, shared their thoughts and ideas as to why futures thinking is useful and beneficial in our lives.

Special guest: Tom Meyers

The world should utilized a new way of thinking, and the people that joined this audio-only chatroom, shared their experience on how futures thinking is implemented in a government setting.

Main guest: Monica Mendez Caballero

Audience participant: Marimer Baltazar

The world is changing at a rapid pace, and the people that joined in this audio-only chatroom, shared their thoughts and ideas as to why futures thinking, creativity, and being open-minded is now a necessity for this new youth generation. 

Special guests (in order of speaking): Maurisa Moloto, Nadja Haugas, and Alexandra Whittington.