Building an Emerging Technology and Futures Capacity in Your Organization
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Futuring methods, plus ways of getting an organization using them. Materials for an EDUCAUSE 2015 preconference seminar, plus an ELI webinar on the same day.
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- 1. Building an Emerging Technology and Futures Capacity in Your Organization EDUCAUSEEDUCAUSE October 2015October 2015 October 2015
- 2. 1. Mindset 2. Methods 3. Organizational layers 4. Your thoughts 2
- 3. 1. Mindset Adding new habits of mind Allowing mental space to step outside immediate crises and routine Reduce reliance on history, a kind of path dependency Be social about it 3
- 4. 2. Grappling with the future: methods2. Grappling with the future: methods
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- 7. FTTE reports, January-December 2013FTTE reports, January-December 2013 Trend tracking andTrend tracking and analysisanalysis
- 8. ScenariosScenarios Stories about futures Event and response Creativity Roles and times Emergent practices and patterns
- 9. Consume the literatureConsume the literature • Technology writing • Education writing • Popular culture • Science fiction • Design
- 10. Domain deep dive Assemble experts Seminar-style exploration Brainstorm and cross- fertilize Multidimensional forecasting 10
- 11. Syntheses and connectionsSyntheses and connections Integrate methods Environmental scan->scenario drivers Delphi reports -> Identify trends Test trends by extrapolation Environmental scan -> Identify trends
- 12. 3. Organizational layers Starting close by: Your department Campus populations faculty support staff students 12
- 13. 3. Organizational layers Farther out: local community professional networks world at large 13
- 14. Practical actionsPractical actions Use methods in-house Nudge staff into becoming method practitioners Use methods in campus community, looking for expertise Check for institutional interest and support (i.e., library futures collection) 14
- 15. Practical actionsPractical actions Take advantage of outside projects 15
- 16. Practical actionsPractical actions Track trends and signals from the world 16
- 17. Practical actionsPractical actions Observe humans and their use of technologies 17
- 19. Practical actionsPractical actions • Identify useful future-oriented people 19
- 20. The futures-oriented organizationThe futures-oriented organization What it looks like in process: Thinking of the future Gathering intelligence Working together with futures methods 20
- 21. The futures-oriented organizationThe futures-oriented organization Sharing observations + ideas internally “ “ “ “ externally Collaborating with the campus and beyond 21