SXSW 2025
From Bullet Points to Belief: Rapid Foresight Prototyping
Description:
Preparing for future catastrophes is one thing; building public trust in leadership and empowering the populace to be proactive are something else. In this fast-paced workshop presented by the ASU Threatcasting Lab and Phaedrus, participants will employ the Threatcasting model and a generative AI tool called WOLF to confront a fictional crisis and co-create responses in real time. In doing so, they will explore new technologies and techniques designed to replace high-level reports ("bullet points") with a visceral sense of urgency ("belief") that is critical to engagement.
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Takeaways
- An introduction to the Threatcasting foresight methodology developed by ASU, and WOLF, a generative AI rapid writing tool prototype currently being de
- How these tools amplify storytelling techniques to transform dry reports into gripping narratives able to transform the plausible into the compelling.
- Examples of how ASU and Phaedrus are using these techniques on behalf of the CDCl and others to help instill strategic foresight capabilities.
Speakers
- Cyndi Coon, CEO, Applied Futures Lab
- Jake Sotiriadis, Executive Director, Global Foresight & Strategy, Phaedrus Engineering
Organizer
Greg Lindsay, Senior Fellow, Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab
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