APF Oceania Fireside Chat #8-Exploring the impact of foresight networks and ecosystems: the case of Aotearoa New Zealand

About the Session:

The conversation will focus on the value of network design and network weaving. Networks are essential to futures thinking - not just to connect futures thinkers with each other but to connect present generations to generations past and future.

If strategic foresight is “step one” in systemic transformation, network formation and strengthening is a critical step two. It’s only through forming partnerships and bridging divides that we can turn thought into action - turn insights into informed decision-making. Networks are therefore key to creating change on a meaningful scale. 

About Victoria:

Victoria builds networks, strategies and futures - and uses foresight and participatory futures tools to cocreate more adaptive ways of working. She is the creator of the Aotearoa New Zealand Futures Network Map, Co-Founder and Director of Speculative Futures NZ and Creator and Host of The Futures Workshop, a podcast showcasing the world's leading futures tools. She is a Reviewer for World Futures Review, a member of the Global Futures Society and a regular contributor to consumer and academic publications worldwide. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Victoria has worked extensively in governmental, non-governmental, philanthropic and private sector organisations around the world using innovative human solutions to tackle complex global and domestic challenges.