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Anticipatory Agility in an Age of Urgency

Changing the Conditions of Change
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What if how you solve the problem, is the problem?

We live in an age of Anthroference: the distorted high-frequency echo of human reaction to human urgency, driving constant pressure to control complexity and uncertainty. This is the primary source of stress within the systems we seek to operate, the environments upon which we depend, and in ourselves.

Born from a decade of field-tested inquiry, Emergence Academy is the collaborative work of Loes Damhof (UNESCO Chair in Futures Literacy) and Alex Lambie (Experiential Architect). Together, we have developed ‘The Weave’ of Futures Literacy and Open Awareness—an applied methodology that uses the counter-intuitive practice of responding to urgency by slowing down to cultivate your Anticipatory Agility: the capacity to navigate unfolding complexity with greater awareness, agency, and fluidity.

We don’t just facilitate change; we change the conditions of change.

We provide the Map and the Compass for those navigating complexity in all shapes and sizes—equipping you to move through the living texture of life with more agency. This shift transports you from the frantic "tight grip" of reactive control to a fluid, grounded capacity for presence in change.

Open Residencies:
Our Open Residencies at Hawkwood bring together individuals from a diverse tapestry voices, from leadership and education to NGOs and the Arts. By stepping outside of professional silos, you benefit from a rich cross-pollination of perspectives, to further enrich the quality of the weave and the depth of your learning.

Internal Team Residencies:
We are also commissioned internationally to deliver bespoke residencies for internal teams seeking to change their relationship with urgency and improve their Anticipatory Agility. - We collaborate with you to identify a suitable venue capable of being the vital "third facilitator" for your team.

About

We weave the academic discipline of Futures Literacy with the embodied practice of Open Presence. The Weave is a process that restores a keener awareness of what is emerging in the present to inform a more coherent agency in complexity.
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The program

In this four-day immersive program, you will learn new capabilities and recalibrate innate capacities that improve your Anticipatory Agility, and equip you to respond to urgency by slowing down.
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the Founders

Alex and Loes have learnt the power of true interdisciplinary collaboration based on trust and curiosity: they had both been practicing anticipation for emergence, just through very different entry points.
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"Futures Literacy Labs are experiential knowledge creation processes, that derive from the collective intelligence and openness of the group. Deep-Listening seamlessly fits into this process and has proven to be an invaluable component for the learning space....it is a powerful tool for participants to become fully present and connected to themselves while sharing a profound experience."
— Loes Damhof, UNESCO Chair Futures Literacy
"The interplay of Futures Literacy and Deep-Listening and Futures rouses our innate capacity to sense novelty in the complexity of worlds around and within us. This encourages us to lean into, and learn from the unfamiliar comfort of not-knowing, enhancing our Anticipatory Agility"
— Alex Lambie, Artist & Deep-Listening
“It was life transforming. I fully took on the learning and felt some realisations shift in me about both my capabilities as a leader and as a human being.”
“A thoroughly enjoyable, get-away-from-the-rat-race, re-connect with nature, and redefining experience that has shifted the way I view the world”
“An amazing dive into FL. I discovered new ways to change mindset, practice the capability to be with uncertainty and to be more deeply in contact with myself and nature”

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