Responsible Futuring in 2 daYS
Learn in 2 days how to navigate, connect and innovate towards desired futures. The Responsible Futuring 2-day Masterclass by DesignLab Academy is a collaborative learning experience that transforms you into a responsible innovator.
During this Masterclass you will work together with people from diverse backgrounds - such as scientists alongside artists, entrepreneurs alongside civil servants and managers alongside students - to explore what the future holds for today's challenges. We combine practical and creative exercises with reflective activities to provide a complete and in-depth learning experience. Each edition focuses on a different theme. We alternate issues within the themes of climate & sustainability, innovation & healthcare, and the digital society.
The Masterclass sheds light on scientific and technological developments in relation to social challenges. Collaboration between the academic world, business, government and citizens is essential to create desirable and sustainable futures. Discover how to look at social issues differently, enrich your perspective, and learn to think and act as a speculative designer to develop inspiring alternative futures. After this Masterclass you can call yourself a Responsible Futurist and apply the approach within your own organisation.
Here's what you will learn:
- The theory, principles and steps of Responsible Futuring, with an emphasis on transdisciplinary collaboration, ethical reflection and long-term thinking.
- Understanding the various perspectives and ways of looking at a complex issue. And see the importance of including stakeholder perspectives for issues with societal impact.
- How creative techniques and methods can promote collaboration between stakeholders with different backgrounds and perspectives.
- Working with design methodologies to generate new ideas and concepts, make possible futures tangible and reflect on them.
- How futures research can support strategic choices, innovation and transformation.
- How to apply the approach, tools and techniques in your own work context.
- How a shared and transdisciplinary learning experience uncovers new insights.
For whom?
The target audience for this workshop is very diverse, for example professionals from businesses and government organisations, entrepreneurs, students, citizens, artists, innovators, change makers, policymakers, futurists and leaders. Participants in this Masterclass are looking to deepen their work practice, see futures thinking as a suitable innovative approach for developing new strategies and want to learn how they can take an active role themselves as a 'change agent'. To create a truly transdisciplinary learning experience for each edition, we encourage diverse groups to participate.
Programme
Day 1 | 09:30-20:00
Day 2 | 09:00-17:00
Contact us
Want to delve deeper into the theory of Responsible Futuring, better map stakeholder perspectives, and apply futures research strategically in your own company? Contact us now.