Director, Division of Library Innovation, Certified Strategic Foresight Practitioner , Disruption Navigator, Mapping the Future of Libraries.
On a mission to democratize Foresight for librarians! The Connecticut State Library and our partners TFSX are thrilled to announce that the Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) awarded our project Transformation for Libraries: The Futures School a two- year extension to continue our groundbreaking Foresight training for library staff. Reframing Library Organizations: Implementing Strategic Foresight Tools to Create Future Ready Library Operating Systems Applications are coming soon! The CT State Library and partner TFSX are pleased to offer 3-day virtual professional development opportunities for organizational cohorts. Building on four years of the IMLS-supported Transformation for Libraries: The Futures School, the CT State Library and partner TFSX (formerly Kedge: The Futures School) are training organizational cohorts, including library systems, associations, and partner networks. The initial phase empowered individuals with strategic foresight, successfully training over 400 library workforce members. In this next iteration, the initiative takes a systems perspective, integrating strategic foresight into operations and infusing futures thinking into institutional capacity, cultural shifts, technological innovation, model processes, and succession planning. Each cohort trains a team of staff members with foresight tools to lead their library to the future. Success in the 21st century landscape of rapid change means we must embrace new pathways to the future. We need to foster mindsets and skills that help us to seize untapped possibilities and opportunities. Strategic foresight is a framework that creates multiple future scenarios, envisioning outcomes and evaluating current and pending strategies to support decision making and action in the present against a suite of possible futures. We invite state libraries, county libraries, consortia, associations, partner networks, or other library systems to participate in this IMLS-funded project. Claim your Cohort! Cohort Dates: November 7-9, 2023, Delaware State Library (Pending) February 6-8, 2024, Library of Virginia April 9-11, 2024 June 4-6, 2024 August 6-8, 2024 October 8-10, 2024, Wyoming State Library February 4-6, 2025 April 8-10, 2025 June 3-5, 2025 August 5-7, 2025 **Please note all cohorts will be held virtually. ** Learn more about Transformation for Libraries: The Futures School This project was made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant #RE-250063-OLS-21 in the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. #foresight #futures #transformationalleadership #libraries #librariestransform #librarians #LIBRARYPROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT #librarylife #organization #sustainablelibraries