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The
future workshop
is a
futures technique
developed by
Robert Jungk
,
Ruediger Lutz
and
Norbert R. Muellert
in the 1970s. It enables a group of people to develop new ideas or solutions of social problems. A future workshop is particularly suitable for participants who have little experience with processes of
creative decision making
, for example
children
or
youth
. However it is a useful method for any kind of complex problem that requires many stakeholders' involvement. The future workshop method requires an intensive preparation and support by trained moderators. It is used in
spatial planning
to involve citizens in the planning process, in software engineering
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to create a common vision of the future, and in health care to solve complex and multifaceted problems.
The method is similar to
Open Space Technology
, Future Search,
BarCamp
or
Unconferences
.
Future workshop may also be used as a kind of
action research
method.
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- Preparation phase: The method, its rules and the scheduled course of the workshop (in accordance with the participants) is introduced.
- Critique phase: The problem is investigated critically and thoroughly. First of all, a visualised brainstorming is performed and a general and critical question concerning the problem is framed.
- Fantasy or visionary phase: All participants try to work out a vision of the future, to draw a picture of future possibilities.
- Implementation phase: The ideas found are checked and evaluated with regard to their practicability. Discussions are related to the first step in order to achieve the vision.
References
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General
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- Jungk, Robert, Mullert, Norbert (1987): Future workshops: How to Create Desirable Futures. London, England, Institute for Social Inventions
ISBN
0-948826-39-8
- Robert Jungk, Norbert R. Mullert:
Zukunftswerkstatten. Mit Phantasie gegen Routine und Resignation.
Munchen 1989 (Erstveroffentlichung 1981)
ISBN
3-453-03743-X
- Beate Kuhnt, Norbert R. Mullert:
Moderationsfibel - Zukunftswerkstatten verstehen, anleiten, einsetzen.
Neu-Ulm 2004 (Neuauflage)
ISBN
3-930830-45-0
- Olaf-Axel Burow & Marina Neumann-Schonwetter (Hrsg.):
Zukunftswerkstatt in Schule und Unterricht.
Hamburg: Bergmann & Helbig 1997. (2. Auflage)
ISBN
3-925836-40-3
- Petra Eickhoff, Stephan G. Geffers:
Power of Imagination Studio - A Further Development of the Future Workshop Concept
, chapter 26 in Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, Steven Cady (ed.):
The Change Handbook - The Definitive Resource on Today's Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems - 2nd edition
, San Francisco 2006
ISBN
1-57675-379-4
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