C-8 Balancing Logic and Imagination to Foresee the Future

The human spirit revealed through story—triumph, disaster, gain, loss, pain, comfort, comedy, and tragedy, often tracing the hero’s journey—is influenced by the intelligence, beliefs, and perceptions of the times and circumstance.
Devoid of mythos, the transcendent ritual ceremony of story, logos, pure reason, can spark futures that do little to honor the power of the creative human drive. To invent desirable futures, leaders need to see things in new ways and trigger imagination to dream of new possibilities.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to use imagination to create new futures. A variety of new and different techniques will be shared so that, by the end of the day, participants will know how to link the rational with the imaginal for a holistic futures approach to use in their practice.
This course is for professionals who help cultures, organizations, groups, and individuals reach higher levels of fulfillment and productivity through imaginative and productive applications of knowledge and who want to stimulate innovation in pronounced and profound ways.

Highlights: Participants will leave the program with an understanding of:

• How to combine myth and logic for holistic futuring.
• Tools and tips for anticipating and seizing opportunities.
• New ways to unleash and leverage knowledge and research (trending data and projections) and simultaneously honor the human spirit.

Marci Segal (@marcisegal @worldcreativity), president, of creativityland Inc. Her areas of expertise include creativity, innovation, and psychological type, with specific focus on people, methods, processes, and environments, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Megan Mitchell, director, Happen North America, an insight-based innovation company; program director, York University’s Schulich’s Centre of Excellence in Innovation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tom McMillian, president, Techtao®, a strategy-driven marketing consultancy specializing in providing world-class innovation solutions and online marketing services, Morris, New Jersey, USA

Friday, July 19, 2013
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Member $249.00
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