Thanks for having us Dino Vrynios and the Das Studio team to capture Future Forum 2024! 📸
In a world of uncertainty and accelerating change, the systems that support the way we live, learn, work, and play are struggling to adapt. Often shaped by 19th-century tools to support 20th-century ideas, these systems are ill-equipped to meet or solve our 21st-century challenges. Rapid climate change, colonial legacies, growing social inequality, housing affordability, high inflation, and global supply chain disruptions are all indicators that highlight the expiration of these systems and the critical need for transformative intervention. So, our takeaway from Design Futures starts with a question: How do we galvanize as a community around a shared mission for transformation? Famous economist, Mariana Mazzucato’s "mission economy" approach resonates with the Future Forum team, with the 1960s moonshot being the most famous example. According to Mazzucato, real missions are genuine collaborations between governments, the private sector, research institutions, and the population to create entirely new ecosystems for good. And so, looking ahead 10 years, we ask: What is our mission? In her opening address at Future Forum, the Deputy Premier touched on the idea of the next revolution being a green one, but we offer a slight tweak—the next revolution should be the responsible revolution. We believe that, as a state and as a population in South Australia, we could commit to creating a large-scale sandbox for innovation through the lens of responsibility—both social and planetary—and invite the world to come and play. We believe the government can create a policy framework to enable this, and as mundane as it may sound, it begins with procurement. A government brave enough to break apart the hold that deeply entrenched actors have within our systems could enable the wheels of change to start turning. But, we get it—change can be scary and often complex. If nothing else, what we hope Future Forum 2024 imparts upon you is the reminder that, whether you are a decision-maker, designer, politician, bureaucrat, or volunteer, change ultimately starts with an individual choice - change starts with you.
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