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CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

For a Glocal World

CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY CREATIVITY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

For a Glocal World

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sustainability, sustainable development, SDGs, 2030 Agenda

Creativity & Foresight

Addressing commingled social, economic and environmental issues in the twenty-first century require that we respect history and think creatively about the future. Novel Futures uses foresight, scenario planning, and systems thinking to help United Nations agencies, international organizations, governments, businesses and communities envision and achieve sustainability and resilience, globally and locally. 

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adaptability, resilience, policies, sustainability, sustainable development

Adaptability & Risk

The twenty-first century world is complex, ever-changing and full of surprise. Novel Futures assists United Nations agencies, international organizations, governments, businesses and communities with adaptive planning, creating adaptive policies, risk reduction and building resilience. Novel Futures Director, Darren Swanson,  co-edited and co-wrote the book 'Creating Adaptive Policies' and is certified in the PIEVC Engineering Protocol for assessing infrastructure vulnerability to extreme weather and climate change.

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Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility

All countries of the United Nations have adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 global sustainable development (SDGs). Since the SDGs were adopted in 2015, Novel Futures Director, Darren Swanson, has provided strategy, facilitation and training support to several United Nations agencies for SDG implementation. Building on this expertise and together with Darren's experience in corporate strategy and reporting, Novel Futures also supports financial institutions, international organizations, businesses and communities in their collective efforts toward social responsibility, sustainability and achieving the SDGs, locally and globally.

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About Novel Futures

Darren Swanson, Director

Consulting, Facilitation, Training, and Public Speaking

Consulting, Facilitation, Training, and Public Speaking

Darren founded Novel Futures to fuse his compassion for sustainable, resilient and peaceful societies with his passion for respecting history, understanding the present and exploring the future...to bring sustainable development to the heart of decision-making in the 21st century, be it in the government office, the corporate boardroom or the household kitchen. 

Consulting, Facilitation, Training, and Public Speaking

Consulting, Facilitation, Training, and Public Speaking

Consulting, Facilitation, Training, and Public Speaking

Darren works closely with United Nations agencies, governments, businesses, international NGOs, and community organizations around the world to facilitate strategic planning exercises and multi-stakeholder meetings, and to provide consulting services and public speaking for sustainable development.

Policy-Science Knowledge Base

Consulting, Facilitation, Training, and Public Speaking

Policy-Science Knowledge Base

As a strategic management expert and professional engineer, Darren draws from a diverse policy-science knowledge base, with masters degrees in public administration and international development from the Harvard Kennedy School and geo-environmental engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.

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Winnipeg Model United Nations Assembly

As a member of the Rotary Club of Downtown Winnipeg - the club that made Rotary International - Novel Futures Director Darren Swanson served as past chairperson of the organizing committee of the Winnipeg Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA).  For over 60 years now, high school students from across Canada and the United States meet in Winnipeg, or virtually online, to debate and strive for consensus on real-world issues. 

Honouring Indigenous Peoples

Darren Swanson is a past Co-Chair of the Honouring Indigenous Peoples  (HIP) Committee  of the Rotary Club of Winnipeg. HIP is a national effort of Rotary Club's in Canada with the mission to promote awareness of Indigenous knowledge systems, culture,  history and inherent rights in Canada and to invest time and resources in support of Indigenous education initiatives.

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acknowledgement of Territory

Novel Futures Corporation acknowledges that it meets, creates and innovates on Traditional Land of the First Nations, Treaty One Territory and the Homeland of the Metis. Novel Futures recognizes that the clean water we drink in our Winnipeg headquarters is sourced from the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.

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