Scenarios for Tomorrow

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 #InnovationProspectingOrder your copy of our book: https://scenarios.farhub.org/ Subscribe to Scenarios for Tomorrow: www.youtube.com/@scenariofutures Follow us across social media: @scenariofutures #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisionsThis 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:“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 #MeganCrawfordOrder 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/@scenariofuturesFollow us across social media at @scenariofutures, and through our tags #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisionsThis 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: “In the thick of it: Scenario planning at a time of crisis” https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035310586/chapter12.xmlMaureen Meadows https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/maureen-meadows/Alessandro Merendino https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/staff/academic/profiles/merendinoa.htmlFrances 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 #MeganCrawfordOrder 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/@scenariofuturesFollow us across social media at @scenariofutures, and through our tags #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisionsThis 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.xmlNicholas Rowland https://altoona.psu.edu/person/nicholas-j-rowland-phdMatthew 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_viewToday’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by @Rockot

Join me as I sit down with Dr Kwamou Eva Feukeu, Head of the Africa Centre of Expertise and co-runs the Decolonial Comparative Law project at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Private International Law (Germany). We discuss her chapter, Reframing and Futures Literacy: Tackling the Poverty of the Modern Imagination, in our newest book, Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking volume, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. We look at what reality is and can be, for the many as well as for the few; the future of technological evolutions and where our views bias towards.#KwamouFeukeu #MeganCrawfordOrder your copy of Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking and request one for you local library at scenarios.farhub.orgFollow us across social media at @scenariofutures, and through our tags #Scenarios4Tmw #ScenarioFutures #FARvisionsThis 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:"Reframing and futures literacy: Tackling the poverty of the modern imagination" https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035310586/chapter5.xmlKwamou Eva Feukeu: https://www.mpipriv.de/feukeuTEDx talk (English) https://youtu.be/MOCuceidpsM?si=muwYkLB6VJ-ZSzFPTEDx talk (Français) https://youtu.be/AQFGQa6q-_4?si=2gjqEEkxgGkO75kaToday’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by @Rockot

Join me as I sit down with Shardul Phadnis and discuss everything from observing to testing reality, the ethicalities of scenario planning, and the various ways the scientific community works to understand our future realities. We present his chapter, Evaluating Effects of Scenario Planning: Lessons from Medical Research, in our newest book, Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking volume, published by Edward Elgar Publishing.#ShardulPhadnis #MeganCrawfordOrder your copy of Improving and Enhancing Scenario Planning: Futures Thinking, request one for you local library, learn more about the Scenarios for Tomorrow global project, find show notes, references, and transcripts at scenarios.farhub.orgFollow 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:"Evaluating effects of scenario planning: Lessons from medical research" https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781035310586/chapter22.xmlShardul Phadnis https://shardulphadnis.com/Order your copy of “Strategic Planning for Dynamic Supply Chains: Preparing for Uncertainty Using Scenarios” https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-91810-1Crawford & Plant-O’Toole https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ffo2.167Pier Wack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_WackShell scenarios https://www.shell.com/news-and-insights/scenarios.htmlGarvin & Levesque. (2006) "Strategic Planning at United Parcel Service." Harvard Business School Case 306-002. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=32845Today’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by ‪@Rockot‬

Welcome to Scenarios for Tomorrow, a podcast where we pull the curtain back to reveal the secret and little known workings behind global strategy, hosted by Dr Megan Crawford.You can learn more about the Scenarios for Tomorrow global project, find show notes, references, and transcripts at at scenarios.farhub.org.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. Today’s track "Experimental Cinematic Hip-Hop" was composed by ‪@Rockot‬Select episode references:Severn Suzuki speech to the United NationsGreta Thunberg speech to the United NationsA Letter to the Future From Kid President