Hands-on Introduction to Futures Thinking and Foresight with the Future Ripples Method

Tim Moesgen; Felix Anand Epp; Antti Salovaara; Emmi Pouta; Juan Sanchez Carranco

doi:10.1145/3547522.3558902

Hands-on Introduction to Futures Thinking and Foresight with the Future Ripples Method

Tim Moesgen, Felix Anand Epp, Antti Salovaara, Emmi Pouta, Juan Sanchez Carranco

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Abstract

Global and systemic sustainability challenges increasingly require innovation teams to incorporate holistic, long-term thinking in their ideation practises. However, as any full-scale foresight process would be heavy to carry out, there is a need for a more rapid method. The goal of this tutorial is to teach participants how to approach technology innovation practice with a more holistic and sustainable mindset. For this, we will introduce and use the Future Ripples method, a light-weight, participatory activity to brainstorm future consequences of signals or trends. The method aligns with the first steps of a traditional foresight process and thus aims at developing futures thinking and anticipatory capacities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-9448-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3558902
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2022
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Aarhus, Denmark Duration: 8 Oct 2022 → 12 Oct 2022 Conference number: 12 https://conferences.au.dk/nordichi2022

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	NordiCHI
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aarhus
Period	08/10/2022 → 12/10/2022
Internet address	https://conferences.au.dk/nordichi2022

Keywords

Anticipatory Capacity
Consequences
Foresight
Future Studies
Futures Literacy
Futures Thinking
Futures Wheel
Futures Workshop
Speculative Design
Technology Innovation

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Moesgen, T., Epp, F. A., Salovaara, A., Pouta, E., & Sanchez Carranco, J. (2022). Hands-on Introduction to Futures Thinking and Foresight with the Future Ripples Method. In Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022 Article 20 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3558902

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Moesgen, T , Epp, FA , Salovaara, A , Pouta, E & Sanchez Carranco, J 2022, Hands-on Introduction to Futures Thinking and Foresight with the Future Ripples Method. in Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022., 20, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Aarhus, Denmark, 08/10/2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3547522.3558902

Hands-on Introduction to Futures Thinking and Foresight with the Future Ripples Method. / Moesgen, Tim ; Epp, Felix Anand ; Salovaara, Antti et al.
Participative Computing for Sustainable Futures - Adjunct Proceedings of the 12th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2022. ACM, 2022. 20 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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