THE STRENGTH OF CO-CREATION By Thomas Kramer
Hooked on Futures
to follow two Futures School programs
Co-creating on the theme of human
I think it was 2015 in Berlin when
and get certif ied as a strategic foresight
potential, opening your mind up to
Futurism struck me f irst. I was in a
practitioner. From being mainly active
new possibilities and actually creating
workshop hosted by Tanja Schindler and
in the Netherlands in my former job as
scenarios on how the Future can
Nicola Baker Rosa. Trend cards, futures
an educational developer and advisor
possibly look like.
wheels and some other methodologies
I suddenly met all those new people
with which you could peek into the
f rom all over the globe. Expanding
Learning rebellion
future, not waiting for it to happen but
my network and view on things. The
The Future school network wasn’t
co-creating it together. Futurism had
main element of the programs which
the only ‘community in which I got
me in its grip and last year I decided
I enjoyed very much was co-creation.
involved in. There was also the learning
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