Elysia, Emily, Rahmin and I hosted a workshop last Friday.

It was one of several workshops at San Francisco Design Week.

The context was to consider the obvious but easily repressed fact: we are all aging.

Every day.

Is longevity about living longer? About finding the way to extend biological life?

Suppose it is not about length of life so much as fullness of purpose?

What happens if we make aging about longevity rather than life extension?

How does the semantic shift adjust the way we design for more purposeful lives?

Can we find the way to think of aging as a continuing path towards a sense of purpose and value?

These were our guiding sensibilities as we engaged a group of more than 50 participants in a 2-hour futuring workshop.

The vibe in the room was alive. Buzzing with energy. The engagement ran deep and thorough.

People did not want to leave.

And you all know what my KPIs are:

Did people smile?

Were they leaning forward into the work.

Were they in conversation with each other?

Did they create things that surprised them?

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Is this the kind of workshop and development context you are trying to bring into your organization?

This is (one of the things) I do here at Near Future Laboratory.

So let’s get in touch and talk about how we can bring this kind of creative energy into your organization to help your team unlock their potential as they work through the challenges of imagining into your organization’s future products, services, brand purpose, and more.