As part of the Action Foresight “Global Swarm” team, Purple Compass participated in this futures project for NESTA’s Centre for Collective Intelligence Design.

This guide highlights how mass involvement with shaping the future can solve complex problems. Participatory futures techniques help people to develop a collective image of the future they want, so that we can make better, more informed decisions.

Governments, city leaders, public institutions, funders, and civil society must be at the forefront of this approach, supporting it through funding, strategy and practice. This guide contains practical suggestions and can be found here.