![]() It was good to have the role play and having the participants step into the shoes of the other encouraging the 'empathy' factor.Īlso, to have the participants use live examples of neighbourhoods, towns and cities of where they are from in each of their groups. The mix of the participants were from public policy, private sector, architects, urban experts to students, each taking up the role of the other, with choosing persona's from the pentagonist to the antagonist. With adding some role play, not quite having the props I had use of in the FTA workshop, yet impactful all the same. A valuable paper to read to gain further understanding on this and futures thinking is 'Six pillars: futures thinking on transforming'.Įach group focussing on the desired image of the future for their chosen city, town or neighbourhood, with the weights of the past and pulls of the future with the trends. ![]() Using this method we encouraged much discussion with brainstorming within the groups on each of these dimensions. Then finally weights and barriers of the past. The pulls of the future with desired images of the future, the pushes of the present such as trends of the moment which influence the future. Each have possibilities with images corresponding to each angle. There are three dimensions to the triangle which relate to each of the three angles. The Futures Triangle (above) is a futures method by Sohail Innayatullah. Pic: Futures Triangle by Professor Sohail Innayatullah (2008) Innayahtullah's Future Triangle, as a basis for the workshop that I prepared. With a keen interest and combining some of my experience on Design Strategy, along with more knowledge on Futures and Scenarios, I decided to take Prof. I had the pleasure to participate in this workshop which was co- facilitated by two globally renowned experts in Futures, Unesco Chairs, Prof. Thinking back to when I had also been on the other side as a participant, in workshop during the European Commission's FTA - Futures in the Making conference in 2018. I was pleased to lead in the facilitation process and methodology with some of my previous facilitation experiences. Stephen and I had never met before, yet had the opportunity to connect a good 2/3 weeks before the conference to share our views on the approach to the workshop. Co-facilitating with Stephen Proctor of Proctor and Matthews Architects. Sohail Innayatullah/Riel Miller 2018Īs mentioned earlier, I had the pleasure to contribute with co-facilitating the session on 'Designing for distinctive, liveable neighbourhoods and towns'. Pic left: Rozina Spinnoy - Inspiration from the Futures Workshop - FTA - taken by Prof. Kevin Murray explaining the order of the day and posing some questions and statements "If we can reconcile the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) with the national and local level programmes at city, town, and neighbourhood scales? If we can break down the silos of the different disciplines from research & innovation, community health, urban design, community engagement?" With input from a variety of experts along the way. Cities presented included Utrecht, Aarhuus, Edinburgh, Zurich, Porto. With the international and home crowd that made up the day's key notes and experts from a variety of 'best practice' cities and professionals. Helped along with experiencing the Scottish hospitality. Kevin Murray from Kevin Murray Associates.ĭespite all that has been going on over the last months/years with Brexit, it was good to see close relationship between Scotland and the European cities represented growing stronger. Husam AlWaer from Dundee University and the partners from the AoU including Prof. Well presented, co-ordinated and organized by Prof. Pic: Professors Husam AlWaer & Kevin MurrayĮxcellent oganization with attendees from public, private, civic society organisations.
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