Futures from scratch
This article was written in response to a question I was asked by a new friend: where I find the courage to build a business on my own, 8,000 kilometers away from home, and how exactly I do it. It was originally published on my Medium channel. Where I come from, you don’t become someone […]
Why do so many people avoid thinking about the future?
As a futurist, one of my biggest goals is to inspire people through my work and communication to start thinking about the future. We tend to address problems only when they arise. While this mindset is natural, it creates significant barriers to reaching our actual goals and greatly hinders our ability to plan thoughtfully for the […]
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The day I watched hope drown 16 years ago, I was a newly graduated psychologist, still believing that the system, flawed as it was, could be fixed from within. That if I just gave enough, worked hard enough, that if I offered everything I had, it would heal what healthcare was never built to hold. […]
About your future from a professional futurist
The future is a fascinating concept. We use the word regularly, yet, oddly enough, apart from a rare breed known as futurists, very few people seem genuinely to care about it. The truth is, most of us are trapped in short-term thinking. Picture this: tonight, you face a meaningful yet straightforward decision. Should you finish […]
Insights of our academic publications
A Practical Guide to Using Futures Methods in Health Care: Approaches, Applications, and Case Studieshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40956602/ AI and Primary Care: Scoping Reviewhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40836794/ The Evolution of Patient Empowerment and Its Impact on Health Care’s Futurehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40311140/ Health Care Professionals’ Concerns About Medical AI and Psychological Barriers and Strategies for Successful Implementation: Scoping Reviewhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40267462/ Exploring the Need for Medical […]
What it means to be the wold’s first PhD candidate in Medical Foresight
I’m a PhD candidate, the first in the world in medical foresight. Being the first in the world at something is thrilling; it’s bold. It’s also a massive responsibility, because when you’re doing something the world has never seen, it’s not enough to just do it, you also have to teach people why it matters. […]
On Somatic Writing- Everything you need to know
When I say that I teach Somatic Writing, I often see a brief hesitation on people’s faces, a half-second pause, followed by a familiar thought: “Writing? But I already know how to write.” For most of us, writing is a skill, something we learned in school, refined over time, and usually use to communicate with […]