Welcome! 🌱

My name is Johannes Kleske. I'm a critical futurist, Senior Director Foresight at Edenspiekermann, and former co-founder of and partner at Third Wave.

You've found the place where I think “with the garage door up” by growing seedlings into a full “digital garden.”

Terms & Concepts

• Critical Futures Studies
• Cyberpunk
• The difference between present futures and future presents
• Future Imaginaries (my Master’s Thesis)
• Futures Terminology
• The Jackpot
• Longtermism
• The Overton-Window

Claims

• No such thing as “future-proof”
• No future is neutral
• Sorry, but this is not a trend report

Thoughts

• Interesting Questions in Futures Studies & Foresight
• What good is scientific rigor when nobody gives a shit?

Recommendations

• Introductions to Futures Thinking & Foresight
• Articles
• Books