Suzanne Whitby
@suzannewhitby.bsky.social
Futurer • Facilitator • Storyteller • Researcher
🌍 Co-creating sustainable futures
🌿 Aspiring mindful person
✨ Pragmatic optimist
📖 Bibliophile
🧩 Let’s connect!
🌍 Co-creating sustainable futures
🌿 Aspiring mindful person
✨ Pragmatic optimist
📖 Bibliophile
🧩 Let’s connect!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Are you a facilitator? Add your voice to SessionLab's "State of Facilitation" survey. They use it to create an annual report about facilitation and more voices (and more diverse voices) would be grand!
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“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #foresight #play #resilience #change #risks #opportunities #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #foresight #play #resilience #change #risks #opportunities #HelloFutures
July 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“The more we play with the future, the less it surprises us when it arrives.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #foresight #play #resilience #change #risks #opportunities #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #foresight #play #resilience #change #risks #opportunities #HelloFutures
“Imagination isn’t fluff. It’s a muscle. And we need to use it if we want to stretch into what’s next.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagination #play #imagine #whatif #futures #futuresliteracy #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagination #play #imagine #whatif #futures #futuresliteracy #HelloFutures
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Imagination isn’t fluff. It’s a muscle. And we need to use it if we want to stretch into what’s next.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagination #play #imagine #whatif #futures #futuresliteracy #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagination #play #imagine #whatif #futures #futuresliteracy #HelloFutures
“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #futures #together #collectively #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #futures #together #collectively #HelloFutures
June 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #futures #together #collectively #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #futures #together #collectively #HelloFutures
“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#seriousplay #play #futures #imagination #experience #change #resilience #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#seriousplay #play #futures #imagination #experience #change #resilience #HelloFutures
June 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Play is where serious ideas dress up in weird clothes and ask us to take them seriously anyway.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#seriousplay #play #futures #imagination #experience #change #resilience #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#seriousplay #play #futures #imagination #experience #change #resilience #HelloFutures
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 16 June (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 16 June (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
June 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 16 June (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 16 June (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #possiblefutures #preexperience #prepare #resilience #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #possiblefutures #preexperience #prepare #resilience #HelloFutures
June 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Play gives us permission to experience the future before it happens—and prepare for what we never saw coming.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #possiblefutures #preexperience #prepare #resilience #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #possiblefutures #preexperience #prepare #resilience #HelloFutures
“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #possiblefutures #change #together #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #possiblefutures #change #together #HelloFutures
June 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“When we imagine possible futures together, we start to rewrite the present—gently, collectively, and with care.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #possiblefutures #change #together #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#imagine #imagination #whatif #possiblefutures #change #together #HelloFutures
“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one possibility at a time.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #cocreation #storytelling #story #possiblefutures #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #cocreation #storytelling #story #possiblefutures #HelloFutures
May 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“We don’t imagine the future alone. We co-create it—one story, one question, one possibility at a time.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #cocreation #storytelling #story #possiblefutures #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #cocreation #storytelling #story #possiblefutures #HelloFutures
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join our online community of practice, Facilitating Futures, today (26 May at 10h00 or 15h30 CET), to explore the Futures Wheel.
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join our online community of practice, Facilitating Futures, today (26 May at 10h00 or 15h30 CET), to explore the Futures Wheel.
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
May 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join our online community of practice, Facilitating Futures, today (26 May at 10h00 or 15h30 CET), to explore the Futures Wheel.
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join our online community of practice, Facilitating Futures, today (26 May at 10h00 or 15h30 CET), to explore the Futures Wheel.
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #storytelling #values #story #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #storytelling #values #story #HelloFutures
May 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“When we tell stories of the future, we’re really telling stories about what matters to us now.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #storytelling #values #story #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #storytelling #values #story #HelloFutures
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 26 May (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Focus: The Futures Wheel
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 26 May (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Focus: The Futures Wheel
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
May 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 26 May (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Focus: The Futures Wheel
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next session: 26 May (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Focus: The Futures Wheel
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
“Sometimes the smallest act of imagining a different world is the start of changing this one.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #play #change #transformation #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #play #change #transformation #HelloFutures
May 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Sometimes the smallest act of imagining a different world is the start of changing this one.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #play #change #transformation #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #play #change #transformation #HelloFutures
“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #dreaming #imagination #play #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #dreaming #imagination #play #HelloFutures
May 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Radical futures need radical imagination—and play is how we get there without fear.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #dreaming #imagination #play #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #dreaming #imagination #play #HelloFutures
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #futuresliteracy #feeling #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #futuresliteracy #feeling #HelloFutures
April 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Futures literacy isn’t just about thinking ahead. It’s about feeling ahead—and that starts with play.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #futuresliteracy #feeling #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #futuresliteracy #feeling #HelloFutures
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next sessions: 28 Apr, 26 May, 16 Jun 2025 (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next sessions: 28 Apr, 26 May, 16 Jun 2025 (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
April 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Are you a #facilitator or meeting organiser curious about shaping better #futures?
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next sessions: 28 Apr, 26 May, 16 Jun 2025 (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
Join Facilitating Futures, an online community of practice!
Next sessions: 28 Apr, 26 May, 16 Jun 2025 (10h00 or 15h30 CET).
Details: www.futures.fit/ff
<a href="/hashtag/futuresfit" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#futuresfit #FacilitatingFutures #foresight #community
“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #whatif #imagination #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #whatif #imagination #HelloFutures
April 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Play is how we sneak past our inner critic and ask, ‘What if?’—before the real world shuts it down.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #whatif #imagination #HelloFutures
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#play #futures #whatif #imagination #HelloFutures
“Stories are the scaffolding of imagination—and imagination is how we start exploring possible futures.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #storytelling
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #storytelling
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“Stories are the scaffolding of imagination—and imagination is how we start exploring possible futures.”
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #storytelling
— Suzanne Whitby (Futurer, facilitator, storyteller)
#futures #imagination #storytelling
#StandUpForScience In these uncertain times, "every university, not just across the US, but around the globe, must unite in standing up for truth-telling." - Andrew Graham
Hear, hear!
Read the full piece:
www.theguardian.com/...
Hear, hear!
Read the full piece:
www.theguardian.com/...
April 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#StandUpForScience In these uncertain times, "every university, not just across the US, but around the globe, must unite in standing up for truth-telling." - Andrew Graham
Hear, hear!
Read the full piece:
www.theguardian.com/...
Hear, hear!
Read the full piece:
www.theguardian.com/...
People. Planet. Prosecco.
Ein einzigartiges Nachhaltigkeits-Treffen!
📍Innnsbruck.
📅 25. März | 29. April | 20. Mai um 18:45 Uhr
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Ein einzigartiges Nachhaltigkeits-Treffen!
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March 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
People. Planet. Prosecco.
Ein einzigartiges Nachhaltigkeits-Treffen!
📍Innnsbruck.
📅 25. März | 29. April | 20. Mai um 18:45 Uhr
👉 Begrenzte Teilnehmerzahl. Jetzt anmelden: peopleplanetprosecco...
Ein einzigartiges Nachhaltigkeits-Treffen!
📍Innnsbruck.
📅 25. März | 29. April | 20. Mai um 18:45 Uhr
👉 Begrenzte Teilnehmerzahl. Jetzt anmelden: peopleplanetprosecco...
🎙️ "The Hell-in-a-handcart narrative is seductive. It lets us give up responsibility. Future dreaming makes you realize you have power. We all do."
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis #futures
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis #futures
March 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🎙️ "The Hell-in-a-handcart narrative is seductive. It lets us give up responsibility. Future dreaming makes you realize you have power. We all do."
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis #futures
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis #futures
🎙️ "The practice of future dreaming gave me the courage to turn toward the question of motherhood in a way I never had before."
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
Listen here: futuringis.com/futur...
Or read the show notes.
#futuringis
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
Listen here: futuringis.com/futur...
Or read the show notes.
#futuringis
March 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎙️ "The practice of future dreaming gave me the courage to turn toward the question of motherhood in a way I never had before."
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
Listen here: futuringis.com/futur...
Or read the show notes.
#futuringis
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
Listen here: futuringis.com/futur...
Or read the show notes.
#futuringis
🎙️ "An act of radical imagination feels bold and appropriate for our times. It’s about refusing to accept the status quo and reclaiming our agency over the future."
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis
March 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🎙️ "An act of radical imagination feels bold and appropriate for our times. It’s about refusing to accept the status quo and reclaiming our agency over the future."
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis
Food for thought from Sophia Cheng when I spoke to her in the Futuring Is... podcast.
futuringis.com/futur...
#futuringis
France’s European affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said on Weds that the EU could “go further” in its response to US tariffs - "further" including digital services or intellectual property perhaps.
Moving away from US-produced digital and other services seems like a very good idea indeed.
Moving away from US-produced digital and other services seems like a very good idea indeed.
March 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
France’s European affairs minister, Benjamin Haddad, said on Weds that the EU could “go further” in its response to US tariffs - "further" including digital services or intellectual property perhaps.
Moving away from US-produced digital and other services seems like a very good idea indeed.
Moving away from US-produced digital and other services seems like a very good idea indeed.
Apparently, I am a #RadicalLeftLunatic for wanting to shift away from US-produced products & services in response to the actions & commentary from the US government. It's a new way to describe myself, but I'll take it.
Happy to connect with fellow RLLs!
See @theguardian.com for the full article.
Happy to connect with fellow RLLs!
See @theguardian.com for the full article.
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Apparently, I am a #RadicalLeftLunatic for wanting to shift away from US-produced products & services in response to the actions & commentary from the US government. It's a new way to describe myself, but I'll take it.
Happy to connect with fellow RLLs!
See @theguardian.com for the full article.
Happy to connect with fellow RLLs!
See @theguardian.com for the full article.