Insights - Esmee Wilcox Socially Adept

The Stranded Assets of Us

October 12, 2023

We think of stranded assets as locked in oil and gas commodities. But what if we think about our own assets that are locked in. How can we reclaim them?

Intelligent Failure

October 9, 2023

Prof Amy Edmondson gave a talk about intelligent failure at the RSA on 26 September. Why we need to pay attention more and be curious. Lessons for our ‘future for work’.

Futures Practice Hour

August 7, 2023

Thinking about the future can be either so scary or seem so futile that we don’t ever do it in meaningful ways. When we look at the world around us, we assume we don’t have the power for change.

Futures tools don’t take these dilemmas away. But they offer us ways of working constructively with them.

Changing the Value Proposition for Co-Production

July 21, 2023

Co-production remains on the margins, not because we don’t care enough. Our policy systems don’t require it. But co-production is the natural state in which networks thrive, and healthcare can’t be fixed by hospitals and social care on their own.

On My Radar

May 19, 2023

Looking out for stories about how we connect, how we consume and how we destroy as part of our Futures workshop series. 3 stories piqued my interest this month.

Amidst the Fog

May 18, 2023

Working with uncertainty is unsettling. We all need points of reference. Futures frameworks can help us ‘read the compass’. Here’s 4 insights from our recent ‘Everyday Futures’ learning sessions.

Spring Media Review Images from Nature

March 30, 2023

Review of media for March. Stories that we need to help us move towards net zero. Why stories matter; and some of them. Stories that work with what we know about human behaviour: we need pulls towards what we want, not just stories of loss.