As we come closer to the end of 2020, we are hearing an overwhelming amount of negative news regarding global health, failing governments and social injustice. This edit was created to help foster positivity, without ignoring the hard stuff, but shifting the focus to inspiring innovations, to remind ourselves of the good out there, and continue taking positive action towards a preferable future.

If I had been told in 1999 when I graduated from design school in Paris that 20 years later I would be a futurist, public speaker, writer and teacher, I never would have believed it. All I wanted was to be a fashion designer. But on the sinuous road of life, one opportunity led to another and today I am regularly asked: “how can I become a forecaster?”. I don’t have a straight forward answer for this. But it was my passion for research that helped evolve my career from designer to futurist.

This is a very personal mini-series about my path and it starts with talking about the importance of research in my life and why I teach what I know now.