Meet our keynote speaker – Josephine Green

In an age where the dominant worldview based on linearity, industrialism and materialism is now giving way to a new one borne of chaos and complexity, networks and systems thinking, how can you meaningfully live, work and democratise your future?

The future is not linear, deterministic and predictable (Pyramid) but on the contrary it is chaotic, non linear and unpredictable — the future is fluid and constantly emerging and transforming (Pancake). Linear thinking is being replaced by systems thinking and by the growing realization that we are not masters of the universe, but part of the universe both effecting and being effected by it.

As we journey forward towards a new way of perceiving, of being and of acting in the world, there is a lot of turbulence. New people, new technology, new relationships, new social challenges, new patterns of demand and supply — these and more sometimes threaten to overcome us, but there is a way forward.

An international leader in Social Foresight for Strategy and Innovation, Josephine Green will compare and contrast the Pyramid and Pancake worldviews and demonstrate the ways to decentralise and distribute innovation, strategy and design in order to engage successfully with the future that the Pancake world brings ever closer to us.

Check the Speakers page to learn more about Josephine Green