Worldbuilding in the Workplace: Applying New Methods for Imagining the Future

Saturday, March 4, 2023

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CST

Location: Elk Lake

Presenter(s)

Trisha Barefield

PhD Student
University of Georgia
Neal Herr

PhD Student
University of Georgia
Ahreum Lim

PhD Student
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
Aliki Nicolaides

Associate Professor
University of Georgia

Abstract: In this session, participants will learn about the use of worldbuilding techniques as a way to generate new and novel solutions in the workplace. The worldbuilding method, first elaborated in Pendleton-Jullian and Brown’s Design Unbound (2018a, 2018b), provides a set of practices for designing systems for fostering emergence to meet the needs of our increasingly complex world. Participants will work in teams to put worldbuilding into practice during the session.