What happens when the conventional practice of scenario planning actively embeds false certainties and constraints, alongside an absence of responsibility? Join me as I sit down with our dynamic duo, Sophia Bazil and Geci Karuri-Sebina to discuss the motivations behind these common practices and their ongoing implications. Our guests are from the Wits School of Governance in South Africa and the Africa Foresight Network in the US. We discuss their chapter, The Wilds Beyond 2x2 Futures: An Enquiry into Decolonising Foresight, in our newest book, Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking volume, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Thank you for joining us in this fun little chat.

#GeciKaruriSebina #SophiaBazile #MeganCrawford

#OrphanVariables #PackagingTheFuture #InnovationProspecting

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SELECT EPISODE REFERENCES:

“The Wilds Beyond 2x2 Futures: An Enquiry into Decolonising Foresight” https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035310586/chapter6.xml

Sophia Bazile https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiabazile/

Geci Karuri-Sebina https://www.wits.ac.za/people/academic-a-z-listing/k/gecikaruri-sebinawitsacza/

Akomolafe, B. (2022, November 22). https://youtu.be/CaTZQIEauSs?si=QAl4kTbe9aLh83Ts

Today’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by @Rockot

What do museums, COVID, imagination, and prosperity have in common? Join me as I sit down with our dynamic trio, Maureen Meadows, Alessandro Merendino, and Frances O'Brien to find out the answers to this question and more, as they walk us through their ground-breaking work during one of the most volatile times in recent history. Our guests are from Coventry University, Queen Mary University of London, and Warwick Business School.

We discuss their chapter, In the Thick of It: Scenario Planning at a Time of Crisis, in our newest book, Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking volume, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Thank you for joining us in this fun little chat.

#Maureen Meadows #Frances O'Brien #Alessandro Merendino #MeganCrawford

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Follow us across social media at @scenariofutures, and through our tags #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions

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Select episode references:

“In the thick of it: Scenario planning at a time of crisis” https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035310586/chapter12.xml

Maureen Meadows https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/maureen-meadows/

Alessandro Merendino https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/staff/academic/profiles/merendinoa.html

Frances O'Brien https://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/frances-o-brien/

Today’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by @Rockot

Our stream of consciousness conversations run the full gambit of emotions in the strategy space, from joy to cringe! Join me as I sit down with two of the most prolific researchers in scenario planning, Nicholas Rowland, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University and Matthew Spaniol, Senior Researcher of Strategic Foresight in the Department of People and Technology at Roskilde University. We discuss their chapter, Examining Emotion in the Facilitation of Scenario Planning, in our newest book, Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking volume, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Thank you for joining us in this fun little chat.

#NicholasRowland #MatthewSpaniol #MeganCrawford

Order your copy of Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking and request one for you local library at https://scenarios.farhub.org/

If you haven't already, subscribe to Scenarios for Tomorrow here on YouTube! www.youtube.com/@scenariofutures

Follow us across social media at @scenariofutures, and through our tags #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisions

This is a production of the Futures & Analytics Research (FAR) Hub and FAR Lab. You can learn more and sign up for our monthly newsletter at www.farhub.org.

Select episode references:

"Examining emotion in the facilitation of scenario planning" https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035310586/chapter10.xml

Nicholas Rowland https://altoona.psu.edu/person/nicholas-j-rowland-phd

Matthew Spaniol https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/persons/matt

“Futures and Foresight Papers Explained” https://www.youtube.com/@matthewspaniol9061

“Defining Scenario” (free download) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ffo2.3

“Defining Greenwashing: A Concept Analysis” https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/20/9055

“Thinking, Fast and Slow” https://archive.org/details/ThinkingFastAndSlow_201802

“The Art of the Long View” https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18790390M/The_art_of_the_long_view

Today’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by @Rockot