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I'm defending my PhD thesis Becoming Futurists on May 15, 2020. Over the years, I've learned how to use dozens of futurist tools and methods and took note of all theory available. At first I was overwhelmed by all the possibilities to study the future. However, during my fieldwork I noticed that for futurists, no matter which approach they choose, creating a meaningful conversation was key.
This made me realize that the future belongs to all of us - most of us just didn’t learn to use it yet.
In my work I rely on former president Eisenhouwer's eloquent description of how urgent matters are not important and important matters not urgent. I have noticed our diaries and schedules are often filled with urgent tasks, making it difficult to keep an eye on the important stuff - the long term. If you would like to know how to incorporate futures thinking in your life, feel free to connect with me.
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Keywords:
lecturing on futures thinking | applying futurist methods | navigating the sea of futurists
Inspiration
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| The Trend Research Lab that I co-founded with my colleagues at Fontys Academy for Creative Industries
| The latest book by Cal Newport
| Everything that happens at MIT Media Lab
| The fonts that Coco Capitán
creates for Gucci et al
| The portraits of Diederick Bulstra
| This work on utopias by Carlijn Kingma
Design by Alt8 and artwork by Thomas Trum
Set to publish in 2020: my phd thesis titled 'becoming futurists'.
When I first set foot in the future industry, I noticed how diverse futurists were, producing an array of insightful yet individual reports, workshops, presentations, designs, etc. At the time, I observed that many futurists were actively building towards becoming a profession. To be of value in this process, I decided to pursue a PhD thesis, with the aim to help futurists reflect on their work, and contribute to this relatively new discipline. The result is my book, becoming futurists, in which I propose a broader view on professionalization with futurists as exemplary case.
Defense date: May 15, 2020 - 12:00 at the Aula of Maastricht University.