Quotable quotes
About futures, foresight, imagination, play, storytelling, experiences and more.
“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.”
“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“When we play with possible futures, we don’t just imagine them—we begin to feel what it might be like to live them.”
“When we play with possible futures, we don’t just imagine them—we begin to feel what it might be like to live them.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”
“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.”
“Imagination is theory. Play is practice.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”
“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”
“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one strange possibility at a time.”
“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one strange possibility at a time.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”
“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“The future doesn’t exist. It’s something we get to imagine—and then shape, together.”
“The future doesn’t exist. It’s something we get to imagine—and then shape, together.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“When we imagine futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”
“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Futures literacy isn’t about predicting what comes next. It’s about making space for what could come next.”
“Futures literacy isn’t about predicting what comes next. It’s about making space for what could come next.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”
“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“We can’t build—or avoid—what we can’t imagine.”
“We can’t build—or avoid—what we can’t imagine.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller
“Exploring possible futures won’t give you answers. But it might give you better questions.”
“Exploring possible futures won’t give you answers. But it might give you better questions.”Futurer, facilitator, storyteller