Thinking Outside The Sandbox

How might we make a better future? As a distinguished fellow – and former president - at the Institute for the Future (IFTF), Bob Johansen helps leaders of business, government, and nonprofit organizations engage thoughtfully with this question. He draws on his training in the social sciences and his extensive experience at the edges of multiple disciplines to help leaders listen “through the noise of a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world” so they might prepare for and shape the future. In this episode, Bob shares with Steve Brown, the Sandbox’s new deputy director, the sources of his hope, what educators (and parents) can learn from and share with the first generation of digital natives, and how gameful design will revolutionize learning