On Participation
Participation is key to Futures Work, yet often resisted by hierarchies valuing efficiency over collaboration. Its value lies in complexity's nature.
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The Art of Letting Go Without Falling Apart
Transformation isn’t subtraction. It’s not about taking something out to make space. It’s the reconfiguration itself that changes everything. Letting go isn’t absence, it’s a shift in how things relate so something new can begin.
After we build: The Ethics of Scaffolds
Most structures are built to last. But what if that isn't the point? Sometime care looks like building, and sometimes care looks like stepping aside.
The Limits of Design: Why Emergence Can’t Be Engineered
We like to believe that if we build the right structures, policies, teams, strategies, or incentive systems, something good will emerge. We hold on to the hope that good intentions paired with solid design will stabilize the future. But if we’re honest, we often don’t know whether they will.
On Frames and Fences
We say we want less regulation—until we need it. The real tension isn’t between freedom and control, but between rules that trap and rules that enable.