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Future of Work and Upskilling

Emerging Trends and Signals: The 2024 Trend Report

Sunday, April 14, 2024
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CT
Location: Room 200 F - J
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We live in a world of accelerating change and increased uncertainty. Planners help their communities navigate change and give advice on preparing for an uncertain future. However, conventional planning practices don't include the future even as they plan for it. Most plans reflect data from the past and assumptions from today, but don't represent what's on the horizon. In order to create resilient and equitable plans for the future, planners need to include the future.

This presentation describes emerging trends that will be important for planners to consider and introduces ways to make sense of the future and practice foresight in community planning. With foresight (i.e. understanding potential future trends and knowing how to prepare for them) in mind, planners can guide change, create more sustainable and equitable outcomes, and establish themselves as critical to a thriving community. The practice of foresight is imperative when preparing communities for what's coming.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Make sense of the future and plan for future uncertainties.
  • Use the 2024 trend report when planning for the future of communities.
  • Tackle external drivers of change that may impact communities in the future.