Böcker av Sohail Inayatullah

This monograph moves toward a stage theory of the uses of the future, deepening the Six Pillars framework and accompanying tools (scenarios, causal layered analysis, visioning) by inquiring which methods and tools are appropriate for which national, institutional, organizational and personal contexts. Seven stages are suggested. The first is perceived injustice - "it is not fair." The second is risk mitigation. The third is creating alternative futures. In this phase, the future is used to understand what happens if nothing changes, what happens if there is marginal change, what happens if there is adaptive change, and what happens when a different conceptualization of and access to power emerges. The fourth is directionality, the vision. The fifth is "making the vision real." The sixth is metaphor. In this phase, a narrative is created that helps move groups and individuals from the impossible to the powerful. The final state is personal and focused on using the mantra technique to transform the narrative. The entire process is designed for the context of the user, to enhance our ability to create justice in our perceived worlds, moving from one future to alternative futures, to the realization of preferred futures.

This book takes us into the future. Inayatullah and Milojevi¿ explore five emerging issues that have the potential to dramatically impact wellbeing, food systems, climate change, gender equity, the family, and how we learn. They ask:Will the city of the future be preventive, able to provide early indicators of illness and wellbeing?Will the likely transition from meat to cellular agriculture transform the global food supply chain, shifting how we produce food and what we eat?Will women lead the Way and create a partnership society or will their - our - dreams be shattered?Will the family, stable for generations, if not hundreds of years, transform, becoming more diversified and inclusive of social and technological changes?Will learning transform, moving from the factory model to alternative paradigms such as the ecological or the digital? Will we be able to learn anytime, anywhere, from anyone?The book answers these questions by exploring the contradictions between emerging futures and tired pasts. Join us on this disruptive journey.

It must also emerge authentically from humanity's diverse cultures, be more concerned with the quality of information shared than with the sheer volume of email in the world, and be transformed from its technocratic bias in order to move toward a truly global conversation of civilization.