#hubfutures explorers induction

Copyright: Pete Holliday - @thesecondtier

This session started with a short introduction of what strategic foresight and futures studies are.

The overall Hub Foresight process will be based on a couple of theoretical frameworks from the futures and strategic foresight field, but also from organisational transformation and change. The following resources are good to have a look at, if you missed the session and are interested in some of the models we'll use:

• The Generic Foresight Process by Dr Joseph Voros
• Crystal Ball Gazing or Strategic Planning: What is this Futures Thing All About Anyway? (PDF) - by Maree Conway
•  Theory U by Dr Otto Scharmer

An physical exercise to illustrate Scharmer's Theory U was followed by an individual exercise around creativity researcher Edward De Bono's Flowscape.

Some participants found that the Flowscape works in pairs as well...

 Both Theory U and Flowscape will be used later in the process....

Finally, we decided the dates for the remaining #hubfutures sessions. They are all posted as Yammer events, so please go here to sign up and add links to your private calendars.

PREPARATION FOR NEXT SESSION - INPUT 26 February.

1. Look at The Hub Ethos below compiled and presented by Julian Waters-Lynch last year, which is  important to understand as background for the Future of Hub process.



2. Bring three things that might influence the future of Hub. This might be anything that you think or feel is relevant - an article, a twitter post, a song, a quote, a thought, a dream, an intuition, a scene in a film etc.

And remember to tag all relevant things on twitter and yammer with #hubfutures !