Spaces for Collective Imagining

Alive & Learning: Conversations about Impact Networks, Living Systems, Foresight & Futures

In this episode, we talk to Cat Zuzarte Tully and Abi Nokes of School of International Futures (SOIF) about the practice of foresight and what distinguishes SOIF’s approach from other futurists. We explore intersections with network practice and what it looks like to convene people to deliberately shape futures together.

Cat and Abi share what it takes to host interactive foresight sessions that promote psychological safety conducive to collectively imagining futures. They talk about challenging dominant patterns of thinking and navigating power dynamics to envision alternative pathways that put intergenerational fairness at the forefront. They shine a light on how responsible leaders can democratize the ways in which we engage with signals of the future that are here with us now.