Change is inevitable, and in libraries we know that it is almost always happening! Many of us have seen huge changes in our professional lives, from the introduction of computers and public access to the internet to the transition from cassette tapes to digital audiobooks available through smartphone apps.
Do you want to feel better prepared to navigate change? Do you want to feel a sense of agency over your future? Do you want to feel hopeful about the future of libraries?
Futures Thinking Helps Build 7 Key Strengths
Creativity
Foresight
Mental Flexibility
Empathy
Practical Skepticism
Strategy
Hope
Source: “Introduction to Futures Thinking Course” by the Institute for the Future
SPLAT Tool Kits
Presentations
- Looking Back to Move Forward presentation and worksheets on the Futures Wheel and the six steps of strategic foresight worksheet
- “Let’s Navigate Futures!” Boise Comic Arts Festival Librarian and Educator’s Day 2024 presentation and zine
- Futures Intro and Navigator Type at Public Library Director’s Summit 2024
- Things From Future Libraries 2 hour session Meridian Library District Staff Day 2024
- ILA Things from Future Libraries Preconference 2023
- Futures Thinking Room ILA 2022
Futures Learning Resources
