Upcoming virtual conference
The Rise of Adaptive Policymaking
The 2023 Federal Government Policy Community Conference is focused on the topic of transforming the policy landscape, including the application of adaptive policies.
As part of a panel session on November 24, 2023, Novel Futures Director and Senior Associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Darren Swanson, discusses some of the core principles outlined in the 2009 book entitled Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policymaking in an Uncertain World, including how to bridge the gap between policy design and implementation.
Tune in to learn more about adaptive policy principles including integrated and forward-looking analysis, multistakeholder deliberation, automatic policy adjustment, enabling self organization, promoting variation, and formal policy review and continuous learning.
Virtual Conference
The 2023 Policy Community Conference will see participation of over 3000 public administration officials and policymakers from across Canada.
Click here to register for this virtual conference and participate in Mr. Swanson's panel session on Adaptive Policies - What they mean for implementation.
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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.
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 a certified Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) with training and experience in climate science, risk assessment, asset management, and climate law and policy.
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.
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.