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| At FoAM,((http://fo.am)) we have used diverse scenario-building techniques devised by Peter Schwartz,((Peter Schwartz, 1998, //The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World,// Wiley)) ARUP((http://www.driversofchange.com/)) and others to find the best ways to [[prehearsal pocket guide|sketch possible futures]] grounded in a solid understanding of the past and the present. We'd like to stress again that scenario planning does not attempt to predict the future, but helps us //“create and maintain a high-quality, coherent and functional forward view.”//((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_foresight)) In other words: scenarios enable us to look with our eyes wide open. | At FoAM,((http://fo.am)) we have used diverse scenario-building techniques devised by Peter Schwartz,((Peter Schwartz, 1998, //The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World,// Wiley)) ARUP((http://www.driversofchange.com/)) and others to find the best ways to [[prehearsal pocket guide|sketch possible futures]] grounded in a solid understanding of the past and the present. We'd like to stress again that scenario planning does not attempt to predict the future, but helps us //“create and maintain a high-quality, coherent and functional forward view.”//((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_foresight)) In other words: scenarios enable us to look with our eyes wide open. |
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| It goes without saying that futurism and strategic foresight don't have a monopoly on looking with eyes open. Meditation and theatre improvisation are two other examples of practices where we are invited to observe and interact. All of these practices engage different techniques to increase awareness of our past and present actions, as well as to be prepared for a range of possible futures by understanding the present. | It goes without saying that futures and strategic foresight don't have a monopoly on looking with eyes open. Meditation and theatre improvisation are two other examples of practices where we are invited to observe and interact. All of these practices engage different techniques to increase awareness of our past and present actions, as well as to be prepared for a range of possible futures by understanding the present. |
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| By cultivating awareness of our present condition we can become more open and resilient to whatever the future brings, knowing what we can or should change, what is worth keeping and what we're better off discarding. At the same time, we want to step into the future with a healthy dose of “visionary adaptation”((http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/global/beyond-resilience-visionary-adaptation-1374)) -- knowing where we'd like to go while being ready to adapt to unexpected and unknowable circumstances. Ready to welcome the future in the present moment, without knowing which future will come knocking. | By cultivating awareness of our present condition we can become more open and resilient to whatever the future brings, knowing what we can or should change, what is worth keeping and what we're better off discarding. At the same time, we want to step into the future with a healthy dose of “visionary adaptation”((http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/global/beyond-resilience-visionary-adaptation-1374)) -- knowing where we'd like to go while being ready to adapt to unexpected and unknowable circumstances. Ready to welcome the future in the present moment, without knowing which future will come knocking. |
maja