Future methods are especially powerful when applied in appropriately cohesive formats. In the project “Back From The Future” we have developed various formats, which we are happy to make available here for free use.
For the virtual journey to the future, we have developed a workshop of twice times 2 hours, which is comparable in content to the ½-day live workshop. It makes sense to schedule the two parts on two consecutive days. On day 1, the participants end up with a concrete future scenario, in which they can engage in the next 22 hours, in order to take up the journey back to the present and the identification of the implications on it on day 2.
<aside> ➡️ The Runsheet Here you will find the runsheet containing all methods, time table, materials and prompts.
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We have had very good experiences with 1-day workshops. With up to 20 participants, you go through a complete cycle of a future journey.
<aside> ➡️ The Runsheet Here you will find the runsheet containing all methods, time table, materials and prompts.
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Tips & Tricks: Setting up a physical future lab (preparing material tables, attaching the futures cone and lenses to the wall, etc.) has an impressive effect on the participants' experience of a future journey, but is also quite time-consuming. Ideally, you should plan a day for setup.
We also developed a short version of the future journey in the course of the project. The main difference to the full-day journey is the less elaborate spatial staging thanks to the work with templates, the development of the scenarios in teams instead of in individual work, and the visualization of the objects as product posters instead of physical, self-made objects.