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Futures Dialogue: Beyond Comeback — Reinvent Your Futures
Futures Dialogue: Beyond Comeback — Reinvent Your Futures
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Futures Dialogue · Beyond Comeback · Futures after Failure
Failure is part of every future worth building. Talking about it rarely is.
90 minutes. An emotionally honest group conversation about failure, identity and reinvention.
"Not your typical keynote. A conversation starter for Brave Futures spaces."
Futures Dialogue by Personal Futurist
The theme
This dialogue is about transformation. Personal, professional and collective. More specifically, it's about how futures make transformation possible after something has gone wrong.
It normalises failure and looks for constructive ways to carry responsibility. It invites us to recognise trajectories heading toward failure, to name them, and to be brave enough to act on them.
It also opens space for the collective to be transformed by individuals who are ready to speak up, and to carry the fear of failing along the way.
Who this is for
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This resonates if your group ↳ Hides mistakes rather than talks about them |
In practice ↳ 90 minutes, facilitated by Essi |
What a Futures Dialogue is
As Personal Futurist, I speak with people, not to them.
A Futures Dialogue is a group conversation that grows from the people in the room. It shifts and deepens with every perspective shared. Nobody argues a case. Nobody needs to find the one right way forward. Instead, we gather voices and build on them together.
It's about sharing, understanding and embracing each other's experiences. And about the collaboration that becomes possible when that happens. Every dialogue is built on the Beyond Futures Mindset and strengthens communication and collaboration for shared outcomes.
Outcome
Space opens for genuine communication about futures. Including the difficult ones.
Why I chose this theme
I chose "Futures after Failure" for personal and professional reasons. I'm a doctoral researcher in Futures Studies. I'm also an entrepreneur who has faced bankruptcy. I failed seriously, lost everything, and accepted the lifelong responsibilities that followed. What I never accepted was that those responsibilities would cost me my futures. That's why futures are deeply personal to me, and why this dialogue is transformational.
What your group leaves with
↳ Space for genuine communication about futures, including the difficult parts
↳ A more honest, shared relationship with failure
↳ Language for responsibility without shame
↳ A renewed sense of the futures that are still open
Who facilitates
Every Futures Dialogue is facilitated by me, personally. I bring a doctoral researcher's and MA's grounding in futures studies from the University of Turku, training as a solutions-focused brief therapist, and over fifteen years of running my own business, including losing it and rebuilding. In the room, my role isn't to have the answers. It's to hold a space where honest, difficult futures conversations can actually happen.
Where to go from here
Beyond Comeback is one of four Futures Dialogues, each complete on its own. For a free, personal first look at your own futures, try Your Futures Lens. If something in your group is known but unspoken, start with The Gray Elephant. If exhaustion is part of the story, From Burnout to Balance. If people are pulling in different directions, Personal Futures meet Collective Vision. Or browse all Futures Dialogues.
With people, not to them
I warmly welcome you to dialogue your futures with me.
Not your typical keynote. A conversation starter for Brave Futures spaces.
personalfuturist.ee · @personalfuturist
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How this works
How this works
A Futures Dialogue is a 90-minute facilitated conversation for your group. Not a debate and not a lecture. Participants share perspectives on a futures theme and build on each other's voices. Everyone also gets a moment to look at their own personal futures.
Online: €990 · On-site: €1,990 · Includes: 30-minute planning call · Languages: English or Finnish · Hosting and tech: provided by your organisation
Questions before you begin
Questions before you begin
Find answers to the most common questions in the FAQ on personal futures work. For the full picture of all formats, see How Personal Futures Work. Or get in touch and we'll figure it out together.
Booking and cancellation
Booking and cancellation
Online: reschedule free of charge up to 14 days before (25% fee after that). Cancel free of charge up to 28 days before (50% fee after that).
On-site: reschedule free of charge up to 28 days before (25% fee plus travel costs after that). Cancel free of charge up to 28 days before (50% fee plus travel costs after that).
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