Caring deeply about our futures

Our futures are not real yet, but we care deeply about them. Well, maybe there are different degrees of caring, but in her recent keynote address at the Dubai Futures Forum, Amy Webb reminded me that this is one of the reasons that draws people to Futures

Our futures are not real yet, but we care deeply about them. Well, maybe there are different degrees of caring, but in her recent keynote address at the Dubai Futures Forum, Amy Webb reminded me that this is one of the reasons that draws people to Futures and Foresight work. She is right but for me, the need to accept responsibility for future generations was a more particular reason to give up one 28-year career to find my way in the global futures conversations. I wrote about this here.

We all care about our futures which is why we think about and plan for them every day. But what exactly does that mean for us, as individuals and collectively? In our lives and our organisations. And what does it mean for our planet? It's wonderful to care about our futures, but caring is pointless without some form of action - small, a bit bigger or really big!

If this was a speech or a workshop, someone would ask me to give an example of each type of action. And I would refuse and push it back to the…