Compass June 2025 - How To Issue

This issue provides a body of practical advice and tips designed to make the reader a better more effective professional futurist. Dr. Ewa Lombard explains how to use the empty chair technique from psychodrama in scenario workshops. Jim Dator provides a rigorous 16-step guide on how to research the futures of any given organization or domain. Peter Bishop outlines learning objectives and daily practices for teaching the future to young people. Betty S. Flowers details the art and strategy of scenario writing emphasizing the importance of stage-set descriptions and sticky labels. Mathias Behn Bjørnhof introduces the Futuresstorm a fluid and organic brainstorming technique to map the interplay of past and future influences. Vinny Tafuro shares a strategic roadmap for futurists looking to secure and deliver a TEDx talk. Dr. Steven Lichty and Dr. Annette Gardner explain how to apply a Theory of Change to foresight evaluation. The Futuring Alliance presents Worldforming as a foresight-driven approach to transformative innovation. Sarah Sharif discusses the fundamentals of running successful futures business experiments to validate future states. Karl Schroeder offers an easier mnemonic-based approach to writing foresight fiction for stakeholders. Sohail Inayatullah shares advanced tips for using the Futures Triangle to create dynamic maps of the future. Joe Carpita demonstrates how to supercharge signal scanning by using the software tool Notion.