Dr. Nueva D. Salaan

“I am a peace-loving and positive-thinking person, hence, it was quite difficult for me to think of worst scenarios in the future. I have always anticipated good if not better or best results and, in the face of difficulties and hardships, I have always tried to see beauty and remain hopeful in the midst of them. But, given the situation, I had no choice but to consider that anything worse or worst can happen at any time in the organization or be at a personal level. As a leader, open and broad mindedness in facing different obstacles and worst scenarios is essential.

Acknowledging and anticipating worst scenarios as part of the organization’s probable and possible future realities, makes one ready and be prepared whenever confronted, most importantly it enables one to remain hopeful and positive, believing that the future holds no limit to better ideas and best solutions.”

Max Whitman

"But the perception mustn't be superficial. Instead, it needs to run deep, down to the levels that inform our decisions, lives, and imaginations - down to our deep-rooted worldviews (ontologies)...Thus, the game showed great promise in facilitating an opening that could be nurtured into a deep ontological expansion"

Marcus Bussey

“It was a pleasure to be a facilitator of the Dreams and Disruptions scenario workshop. I found it intuitive as a facilitator and the workshop structure is very democratic inviting all participants to engage... There are surprises there for all as the workshop allows for a wide range of possible elements to be at work at once which means that any given set of factors/drivers emerge to provide unique opportunities to think through and construct a scenario in real time.

For participants unfamiliar with futures work this is excellent as it increases their futures literacy immensely as they come to appreciate how everything at work in a context has an influence (weak/strong; positive/negative) on likely and unlikely futures.”

Workshop Participant 

“I enjoyed the process because it deviates from the usual planning and scenarios that do not take in random factors and random triggers that could happen. One of the key takeaways in the three stages of the scenario building process, the game-changers were leadership and movements. No matter how good our dreams were, once we put in the person or organization that has the power, everything can change.

The game was enjoyable and insightful.”

Norfadhilah Mohamad Ali

I had a great time using Dreams and Disruptions Card both as a participant and as a trainer to introduce futures to my university colleagues from the law faculty. I am impressed with the creative scenarios and the different elements that encourage creative thinking, and pushing our boundaries in imagination. It kept the discussion moving!

Workshop Participant 

"Builds the capacity to stretch our imagination in a renewed and playful way."

Dr. Renzo Guinto

"The game is not only fun and interactive - it is an invitation to collective imagination. In a guided and structured way, participants are pushed to their limits, to think the seemingly unthinkable. If a game such as this one can generate ideas ranging from the fantastical to the dystopian, then we can surely create better futures in the real world for ourselves and for generations to come."

Workshop Participant 

"The game transcended analysis, it helped me wonder and wander what is possible. The game helped me reconstruct the relationship between human and non-human entities."

Workshop Participant 

"I played with my own biases using my ideologue but it got me thinking whether or not ideologies are relevant at all when change evolves and disrupts, and randomness come into play"

Workshop Participant 

"I played with my own biases using my ideologue but it got me thinking whether or not ideologies are relevant at all when change evolves and disrupts, and randomness come into play"

Stephen Aguilar-Milan

"How can we make scenarios creative? One technique is to introduce an element of gaming into the formative stages of the scenario building process. This empowers the participants to unleash their imaginations. To come up with really good ideas to build into their scenarios. The gaming element needs to be applied in a systematic way. Dreams and Disruptions is the game to do this. It can be used as an early stage tool in the process of scenario development. It encourages the players to be creative in their thinking around a given problem whilst being structured in ordering their thoughts. The game provides a pathway to better scenarios"