What does it mean to be "cool"? And can you fake it?

Fun (and research-based!) article from Elle Hunt (www.theguardian.com/...) in the Guardian.

Original research paper here: www.apa.org/pubs/jou....

#coolness #interestingread #perception

Are you a facilitator? Add your voice to SessionLab's "State of Facilitation" survey. They use it to create an annual report about facilitation and more voices (and more diverse voices) would be grand!

www.sessionlab.com/s...

#facilitation #facilitators #survey

🧠 #todayilearned The weird and wonderful things I come across whilst doing "real work".

Today I learned that "Notburga" is a Germanic name meaning "one who protects" associated with the Austrian saint Notburga of Rattenberg, associated with charity and care for the poor.

You're welcome! 😊

What might Innsbruck look and feel like in 30 years? If you're a local "international" person, and prefer communicating in English, join me on 23 August 2025 to Walk the Futures in Innsbruck.

Info here:
walkthefutures.org/i...

Please share with anyone who might be interested.

#walkthefutures

Interested in Walking the Futures in Innsbruck? I have an English-speaking walkshop planned for 23 August. It's free and for international folk living or working in Innsbruck.

Details here:
walkthefutures.org/i...

Feel free to share :)

#walkthefutures

Do you live or work in Innsbruck? Do you consider yourself as international but local, and do you prefer to communicate in English?

I'd love to invite you to Walk the Futures in Innsbruck with me on 23 August 2025.

Info here: walkthefutures.org/i...

#walkthefutures

“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#futures #foresight #play #resilience #change #risks #opportunities #HelloFutures

Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us.

theconversation.com/...

#climatechange #antarctic #seaice

“Imagination isn’t fluff. It’s a muscle. And we need to use it if we want to stretch into what’s next.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#imagination #play #imagine #whatif #futures #futuresliteracy #HelloFutures

#Futures Who knew that fossil fuel was an essential headache cure?

#Article: Scientists use bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol.

www.theguardian.com/...

“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#imagine #imagination #whatif #futures #together #collectively #HelloFutures

As a classicist, I think there's a lot to from ancient cultures. But miasma theory has been debunked by science. Why is US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, still wedded to it?

tinyurl.com/2vyzx69y

<a href="/hashtag/scicomm" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#scicomm #standupforscience #scienceloteracy

“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#seriousplay #play #futures #imagination #experience #change #resilience #HelloFutures

Israel-Iran strike: a few possible scenarios from the BBC.

www.bbc.com/news/art...

#futures #scenarios #whatsnext #disruption

I wonder if we need a format like The Assembly (article below) to ask frank questions of CEOs of the biggest polluters? Weapon manufacturers?

www.theguardian.com/...

#theassembly #hopefulsustainablefutures

“Well, I think the world needs a lot more young angry women, to be honest. Especially with everything going on right now.” - Greta Thunberg

Agreed.

www.theleftberlin.co...

#gretathunberg #youngangrywomen #hopefulsustainablefutures

Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 16 June (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff

<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community

“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#play #futures #possiblefutures #preexperience #prepare #resilience #HelloFutures

Could this be an opportunity to take active steps to reduce or stop car manufacture (surely we have enough cars?!) & help people in the automotive sector shift to new career paths? Good for planet & human health, + more resilience in the face of resource scarcity?

www.theverge.com/new...

“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#imagine #imagination #whatif #possiblefutures #change #together #HelloFutures

“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one possibility at a time.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#futures #cocreation #storytelling #story #possiblefutures #HelloFutures

Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join our online community of practice, Facilitating Futures, today (26 May at 10h00 or 15h30 CET), to explore the Futures Wheel.
Details: www.futures.fit/ff

<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community

See:

www.theguardian.com/...

South Africa has its problems but given that the USA thinks itself to be terribly "civilised", all I can say is that the problems in the US are of a greater concern to the world.

I try not to get personal about politicians on social media, but honestly, Trump is an idiot. He has NO idea about apartheid in South Africa, has no idea about the scale of violence in my country (and that it primarily affects non-white people), and has NO idea that his country has similar issues.

“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”

— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)

#futures #storytelling #values #story #HelloFutures