Jessica Thornton
@jessmthornton
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Future-focused research & strategy. Co-President at Creative Futures, exploring the futures of cities, work, health, leadership, arts & creativity 🏳️🌈
Hamilton, Ontario
Joined April 2009
Our latest report explores how careers and career development may evolve by 2040. Thanks to @ceric_ca for commissioning this research!.
🚀 Launched this week at Cannexus24!. "Career Development in 2040: Preparing for Possible Scenarios of Work & Careers" - a CERIC-funded report by Creative Futures Studio - is now available! @jessmthornton @hrussek. Read the full report at
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Over the last year we’ve been working with @ceric_ca to understand the futures of career development. We released the first report last October, and look forward to sharing the next in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!.
📢 Report Released: Career Development in 2040 .Dive into the report for the 10 Major Changes Impacting the Futures of Work and Workers in Canada: .🔗 .-.In collaboration with Creative Futures Studio Inc. @hrussek @jessmthornton
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We've been working with @MacFutureCanada since January to design this amazing event. Come hear inspiring new voices, take trips to the future, and party like it's 2079. You don't want to miss this!.
Are you a possibility-minded leader who wants to build a better future for Canada?. Apply to become a delegate at #Imagining2080 and join a diverse group of future-thinkers in imagining new narratives for Canada in 2080. #futureofcanadaproject
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The theatre we want in 2040? Learn how we used 'strategic foresight' to imagine the future of prairie based theatre with a fantastic group of artists @ConversationCA
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Are you using futures and foresight methods to make the world a better place? If so, come join a cohort of changemakers from around the world in re-imagining and co-creating equitable and inclusive futures. Find out more and apply: .#nextgenforesight.
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This perfectly captures the Toronto that I moved to (and fell deeply in love with) vs the Toronto that I left. Change is natural, but I sure miss that early ‘00s vibe.
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Thanks for sharing our research!.
Report Crunch time! 🥣 The leadership models of the past are not a blueprint for the future. Instead, we need to find new decision-making models, organisation and leadership. @CFuturesStudio @TMULeadLab.
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This research is a collaboration between @CFuturesStudio and the @TMULeadLab. A huge thank you to the 31 leaders who contributed to this project!.
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In 2030, will co-leadership models be the new normal for public and nonprofit sector organizations? Or is it possible that we will have no leaders at all? Our latest report explores the futures of public and nonprofit sector leadership in 2030:
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We're releasing new research next week on the futures of leadership (stay tuned!), and excited to share it at our first *in-person* keynote since February 2020! .Thanks for having us @ORIONNetwork !.
Don’t miss @jessmthornton and @hrussek at #ORIONTHINK2022. Their session explores emerging changes impacting #leadership philosophies, aspirational future scenarios, and present-day examples that illustrate the possibility of these futures. Learn more:
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RT @CFuturesStudio: Last fall we delivered a pilot training series for career practitioners on the future of work. Learn about how we infus….
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Only 1 day left to apply! If you work for a city and are interested in learning about disruptions on the horizon, and how you can better prepare, this program is for you. If the timing doesn't work for you this time, stay tuned for information about the next cohort.
Calling all municipal innovators! Do you wonder about the range of disruptions currently facing cities and how you should respond? Are you curious what disruptions other cities are paying attention to? Join the inaugural cohort of Open Scan:
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Wow wow wow! Applications are coming in fast - get in there if you're interested!.
Calling all municipal innovators! Do you wonder about the range of disruptions currently facing cities and how you should respond? Are you curious what disruptions other cities are paying attention to? Join the inaugural cohort of Open Scan:
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Calling all municipal innovators! Do you wonder about the range of disruptions currently facing cities and how you should respond? Are you curious what disruptions other cities are paying attention to? Join the inaugural cohort of Open Scan:
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Thrilled to join this amazing group of #NGFP2021 fellows with @hrussek. Looking forward to learning from this amazing cohort.
The next generation must shape the future they will inherit. Today we present an inspiring group of #foresight practitioners and #futures thinkers, the #NGFP2021 Fellows. Congratulations on your incredible achievements! #nextgenforesight (1)
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Great summary of our research, thanks for covering it @tamsinrm.
Pandemic’s seismic shifts are reshaping the way Canadians work, study says
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Three-day work week, anyone? Report details ways pandemic may change labour markets
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RT @BrookfieldIIE: How might new technologies, shifting global powers + the climate crisis shape the future of work in a post-COVID Canada?….
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