https://designforadaptation.com Design for Adaptation Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:23:01 +0000 https://designforadaptation.com en https://designforadaptation.com/Slideshow Tue, 22 Oct 2019 01:04:36 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Slideshow Designing Tomorrow’s Worldsto Help You Adapt Today&nbsp; https://designforadaptation.com/Who-we-are Tue, 22 Oct 2019 01:04:37 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Who-we-are We help you understand what’s coming and what to do about it. By enhancing strategic planning with creative speculation, we empower you with the information, vision, and action you need to transform future uncertainty into choices you can make today. With decades of experience in urban development, resilience planning, and infrastructure, we help you embrace disruption and design for adaptation. &nbsp; https://designforadaptation.com/Featured-Projects Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:39:08 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Featured-Projects <img width="1799" height="824" width_o="1799" height_o="824" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c05661c87ad0e9531e149166464a808ae9a096a265ca7f0fc9ac745d362b326/istock-1263635726-tokamak_bw.jpg" data-mid="199472781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c05661c87ad0e9531e149166464a808ae9a096a265ca7f0fc9ac745d362b326/istock-1263635726-tokamak_bw.jpg" /> Future World Vision Envisioning the future of dense urban environments up to 2075 <img width="1799" height="825" width_o="1799" height_o="825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e6afd96e52572dd0419b866b09a7a1af96d91d99f63597e38c7a4faf38c197f/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.27.27-PM_bw8.png" data-mid="180683181" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e6afd96e52572dd0419b866b09a7a1af96d91d99f63597e38c7a4faf38c197f/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.27.27-PM_bw8.png" /> Alternate Futures Harnessing AI and chat-gpt to help us collectively imagine preferrable futures and identity the steps to make them real &nbsp; <img width="1800" height="825" width_o="1800" height_o="825" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18b0450a2f3a9c9fd55ad034d80aef4d282eee9c3151e1ca540001212a0b638c/20160712_marketst2200_withclocktower_moremangrove_smaller_bw-copy.jpg" data-mid="90341153" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18b0450a2f3a9c9fd55ad034d80aef4d282eee9c3151e1ca540001212a0b638c/20160712_marketst2200_withclocktower_moremangrove_smaller_bw-copy.jpg" /> Your Airbnb in 2200 A time travel machine that invites you to explore the impacts of sea level rise and share your thoughts on what those what those changes mean to you https://designforadaptation.com/Process-copy-copy-1 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:23:01 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Process-copy-copy-1 With the speed, scope and scales of change accelerating, the past is no longer a sufficient template for how to navigate the future. We link the inspiration of your dreams with strategic insight to help you create futures where you can thrive. We’ve used these tools to design more adaptive futures with amazing organizations. 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Send us a line!&nbsp; info@designforadaptation.com #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Email Address Your Message (function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='MMERGE2';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[4]='MMERGE4';ftypes[4]='text';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true); https://designforadaptation.com/Process-copy-copy Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:14:19 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Process-copy-copy OUR PROCESS&nbsp; We link the inspiration of your dreams with strategic insight to help you create futures where you can thrive. Shaping the futures we want depends on imagining what could be and developing actionable strategies to get there.&nbsp; ENGAGE We collaborate with you to understand your hopes, goals and timeframes, creating a framework for you and your stakeholders to co-design your future.&nbsp; EXPLORE We dive into research on potential risks, drivers of change and unforeseen disruptions. ENVISION We move from data to fiction, from facts on the ground to visions of what could be. World building and science fiction help us ideate and evaluate how possible futures&nbsp; might unfold.&nbsp; EVALUATE By creating detailed potential futures, we can evaluate their benefits and consequences to find the best fit for you. ENACT Identify the steps to translate your desired future into reality https://designforadaptation.com/Methods Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:48:02 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Methods OUR METHODS&nbsp; We combine two practice areas that are typically siloed -- speculative futures and strategic planning. Together, they provide the information, vision, creative thinking and actionable strategies we need to face and build our preferred futures.&nbsp; Speculative futures provide frameworks for exploring, prototyping, testing and refining steps to achieve the futures we want. Based in creativity, empathy and iteration, speculative futures help build alignment among people from diverse backgrounds and turn ideas into action. We use two different kinds. Science fiction prototyping. uses science fiction to describe and explore the implications of possible futures. Worldbuilding&nbsp;combines the power of research, systems design and storytelling to envision preferred futures and identify steps to turn them into reality.&nbsp;We link these creative tools with a forensic approach to strategic planning, grounding key decisions in tactical, quantitative research. Strategic planning allows us to identify the policy shifts, infrastructure projects, and migration patterns that eventually create conditions that make disaster inevitable. We look at factors like population density, emergency preparedness, climate change, demographic shifts and social psychology to understand what’s likely, and when. https://designforadaptation.com/Services Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:01:38 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Services OUR SERVICES Our scenarios, strategies and action plans harness creative speculation to help you engage the future and adapt to change. Specializing in design, planning, facilitation and research, we customize our services to your needs. Some options you might want to explore include&nbsp; Long term visioning Strategic planning Concept design Capacity building Ideation workshops Scenario assessment Policy development Leadership retreats https://designforadaptation.com/Projects Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:47:39 +0000 Design for Adaptation https://designforadaptation.com/Projects SELECT PROJECTS&nbsp; Long Term Visioning &nbsp;&nbsp;Future World Vision // American Society of Civil Engineers <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b726618b1d953f91e4610445f4e4cc8f46954d2373a3bb75e271244bb9d73455/f9fgs9ej9ct41_fullbw.jpg" data-mid="199474698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b726618b1d953f91e4610445f4e4cc8f46954d2373a3bb75e271244bb9d73455/f9fgs9ej9ct41_fullbw.jpg" /> Strategic Planning &nbsp; Open Space Futures // City of Smithville <img width="1087" height="850" width_o="1087" height_o="850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f73bf4316df0a1e69f47ee13811072e41f9d66cb6952ea7a286f5c0188468c42/Smithville-MObw_smaller2.jpg" data-mid="199452369" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f73bf4316df0a1e69f47ee13811072e41f9d66cb6952ea7a286f5c0188468c42/Smithville-MObw_smaller2.jpg" /> Capacity Building &nbsp; Your Airbnb in 2200 // City of San Francisco <img width="1200" height="927" width_o="1200" height_o="927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3535142b86dcbc53d05568ec7b75acb91d6631ab293a450b831c0e0f4f57fc7/20160712_marketst2200_withclocktower_moremangrove_smaller_bw.jpg" data-mid="89342377" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3535142b86dcbc53d05568ec7b75acb91d6631ab293a450b831c0e0f4f57fc7/20160712_marketst2200_withclocktower_moremangrove_smaller_bw.jpg" /> Sustainable Mobility Systems Research &amp; Strategic Assessment <img width="1200" height="919" width_o="1200" height_o="919" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57effe9dfa4c22ed368c2dba2d84f51dc216db23da858fbe4ab113feb6a8341f/Futian_District_2017.jpg" data-mid="89434881" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57effe9dfa4c22ed368c2dba2d84f51dc216db23da858fbe4ab113feb6a8341f/Futian_District_2017.jpg" /> Immersive Experiences &nbsp;&nbsp; Facilitating Collective Imagination with AI // Alternate Futures <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ecc1ae24f35b0af0c6b5845a0ff9f6a78fbaf609bfff3f25141914edba87b75/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.07.26-PM_3.png" data-mid="199474708" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ecc1ae24f35b0af0c6b5845a0ff9f6a78fbaf609bfff3f25141914edba87b75/Screen-Shot-2023-06-01-at-12.07.26-PM_3.png" /> Sci-fi Prototyping Workshops &nbsp;Planning Your Climate Change Future // International <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2d559ec0c981704277fa56287b8987c1841c8bb04116db08f850279fe19f6c4/1b14f31078d9d05ed606a060284b5e4e.jpg" data-mid="199474694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2d559ec0c981704277fa56287b8987c1841c8bb04116db08f850279fe19f6c4/1b14f31078d9d05ed606a060284b5e4e.jpg" /> &nbsp; Strategic Planning The Future of Higher Education // Universty of Hawaii <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a454a6c641344a769162116aa44a84647e28e2c4c8c671bfe71a7fa2a460b87/102_2_University-of-Hawaii-at-Manoa_desat_bw.jpg" data-mid="199474695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a454a6c641344a769162116aa44a84647e28e2c4c8c671bfe71a7fa2a460b87/102_2_University-of-Hawaii-at-Manoa_desat_bw.jpg" /> Public Visioning What Could Be // San Jose, CA <img width="1200" height="900" width_o="1200" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/762dc1d8e1719846326b245daae7d938c44b55a8b969c6dbcef998437c2e5ac6/johannaeve_ediblecities_potential_cropped_bw.png" data-mid="199474705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/762dc1d8e1719846326b245daae7d938c44b55a8b969c6dbcef998437c2e5ac6/johannaeve_ediblecities_potential_cropped_bw.png" />