Speculative Futures with Johanna Hoffman, Adaptive Urban Futurist

Johanna Hoffman is a designer, urbanist and strategist exploring the ties between design, planning, fiction, and futures. She is also the founder of Design for Adaptation, a studio using strategic planning, interactive storytelling and speculative design to survey the impacts of potential futures and spur proactive adaptation. In this episode we learn about the work she does with other firms, implementing foresight assessment, futures research, story and strategy to help people, cities and organisations understand what future changes mean for them, and develop actionable plans in response. Johanna has been exploring what cities in 2075 could and should look like with consideration of environmental and social needs now and in the future. This episode was recorded at the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists organized by Dubai Future Foundation. Gathering more than 2,500 global experts from diverse future-focused fields at the Museum of the Future to discuss the most pressing matters that shape tomorrow. Follow Us Instagram: reethinking_sustainability LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ree-thinking-sustainability Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dubaifuturefoundation/ Dubai Future Forum: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dubai-future-forum/posts/?feedView=all  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccabeandpartners LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reecycle-app/  Our Hosts https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmccabe1/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanna-hoffman-33997676/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.