Since we encourage as wide a circulation of our
work as possible, we have most IFF material available on this
site free to download under a creative commons licence. This
can be found in context at various parts of the website. But
for convenience we provide here a full list of available publications
under the four broad headings of health, learning, enterprise
and governance as well as those associated with IFF meetings.
Where these reports are related to wider IFF processes you will
find links to the relevant part of the site.
Health
NHS: Learning in Times of Change and Uncertainty project details
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 Report of First Education Forum, 30 March 2006
Record of the first SE NHS Education Forum held in Edinburgh in March 2006. Conclusion: the NHS needs to learn how to operate in conditions of complexity and uncertainty. Our tried and tested methods are unlikely to fulfil this need.'
Date: 06 Jun 2007 Size: 87kB
Report of Second Education Forum 21 September 2006
Record of the second SE NHS Education Forum in September 2006: identifies major strategic development issues and first thoughts about action.
Date: 24 Feb 2008 Size: 334kB
Report of Third Education Forum, 21 March 2007
Record of the third SE NHS Education Forum in March 2007. Title - NHS learning, training and education in circumstances of complexity and uncertainty.
Date: 06 Jun 2007 Size: 1.5MB
Psychological Capacity in a Global Age project details
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Kitbag - vital resources in powerful times
Short introductory brochure describing Kitbag and IFF's experience to date in using this transformational tool in a variety of settings including a women's prison, community groups, children.
Date: 04 Sep 2008 Size: 409kB
Psychological Literacy and the Future of HR
Sets out the learning from the project relevant to corporate health, performance and human resources. What constitutes the psychologically healthy corporation, and what competitive advantage might it enjoy?
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 321kB
Psychological Literacy Project
A short paper describing the IFF's psychological literacy project and the development of our 'Human Resource Kit'.
Date: 27 Feb 2006 Size: 1.2MB
Rising to the Occasion: cultural leadership in powerful times
A report for MMM on the nature of the leadership challenge in powerful times and the role that the arts and cultural sector might play as a setting for developing 21st century competencies.
Date: 29 Jun 2007 Size: 721kB
Glasgow Centre
for Population Health project details
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Fifth Wave Learning Journeys
Report of a series of learning journeys exploring innovation in public health. Background research for the fifth wave report.
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 140kB
The Fifth Wave
A report compiled by IFF converger Andrew Lyon outlining the possibility of a new wave of transformation in public health, drawing on hidden resources within the health and caring professions.
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 326kB
Mental Health and Climate Change project details
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Climate Change and Mental Health
A brief discussion paper prepared as an introduction and stimulation for an online conference on climate change and mental health hosted by the Mental Health Foundation in January 2005.
Date: 04 Apr 2007 Size: 112kB
Learning
Policy Learning project details
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Policy Learning
This pamphlet advances a simple thesis. In order to flourish in today’s complex and fast-changing world we need to become a learning intensive society. Government cannot support that move unless the policy process itself reflects the theory and practice of lifelong learning it seeks to encourage in others. This is the case for ‘policy learning’.
Date: 02 Mar 2006 Size: 779kB
Policy Learning - European Journal article
An article on policy learning by Graham Leicester published in the European Journal of Education special edition on futures of learning in June 2007.
Date: 24 Jun 2007 Size: 107kB
Three Horizons project details
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Three horizons of education policy in Scotland
The record of a workshop in March 2007 in Scotland using the three horizons framework to structure a conversation about the failings of today's system, a vision of a more desirable future, and the innovations - existing and potential - that might ease the passage from one to the other.
Date: 15 Aug 2008 Size: 586kB
Three horizons of financial services
An alternative three horizons template suitable for shorter discussions, formatted around four boxes. This one records discussion about the future of financial services in an increasingly digital age.
Date: 15 Aug 2008 Size: 289kB
Enterprise
Social Innovation project details
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Alison Elliot's Presentation
Presentation on faith-based social innovation given by Alison Elliot in the Scottish Parliament on 26 June 2006.
Date: 14 Aug 2006 Size: 1.1MB
Report of Alison Elliot seminar 27 June 2006
Report of the seminar held to discuss Alison Elliot's presentation on 'the spirit of social innovation' in the Scottish Parliament on 26 June.
Date: 14 Aug 2006 Size: 370kB
Report of Geoff Mulgan seminar 3 March 2006
Report of the seminar held on 3 March to discuss Geoff Mulgan's lecture the previous evening in the Scottish Parliament.
Date: 14 Aug 2006 Size: 47kB
Report of Irene McAra-McWilliam Seminar 8 December 2006
A record of the seminar with Prof Irene McAra-McWilliam, head of design at Glasgow School of Art, following her lecture in Edinburgh on 7 December.
Date: 20 Dec 2006 Size: 151kB
The Spirit of Social Innovation
Alison Elliot's lecture in the Scottish Parliament, 26 June 2006. Sets out the faith-based approach to social innovation.
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 359kB
My Future’s in Falkirk project details
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Falkirk's Future case encounter
Report from the IFF's initial visit to Falkirk in April 2002 and subsequent analysis of how to ensure that BP's decision to downsize its workforce acted as a spur for economic transformation.
Date: 30 Nov 2005 Size: 1.3MB
The Extended Economy: Flexible Working, Growth and the Edinburgh City Region project details
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Background and Evidence
A companion volume to The Extended Economy detailing evidence, research, analysis and the results of interviews with key players in the City region. Also contains a useful bibiography on flexible working.
Date: 24 Jan 2006 Size: 656kB
The Extended Economy
The final report from the project suggesting that flexible working needs to take its place as part of a broader view of the economy in the Edinbutrgh City Region, one that will ease the strains of economic growth on the area. Note that there is a separate volume with background, evidence and analysis.
Date: 24 Jan 2006 Size: 655kB
Governance
Supporting a Healthy Ecology of the Arts project details
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Homo Poeticus and the Art of Culture
Working paper prepared for a workshop in May 2007 exploring some of the core ideas and foundational concepts that might underpin the notion of an 'ecology of the arts'.
Date: 06 Nov 2007 Size: 203kB
The Economy of Art
A companion piece to 'Homo Poeticus and the Art of Culture' unpicking notions of 'value', 'property' and 'economy' in a wider, systemic context.
Date: 30 Apr 2008 Size: 122kB
Governance of the Long Term: Radioactive Waste Management project details
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Nirex strategy mural
Nirex past, near present and future strategy mural, one of the products of the programme of support for Nirex thinking through the intractable issues of waste management over long timescales
Date: 19 Nov 2007 Size: 3.9MB
The Art of Better Giving:
social entrepreneuring
and the future of philanthropy project details
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The Art of Better Giving
A discussion paper on the challenges to effective philanthropy in a complex world, and some ideas about new models and modes for spending money to greater effect.
Date: 10 Jan 2006 Size: 68kB
Scottish Parliament:
Scotland’s Futures Forum project details
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Commissariat General du Plan note on the Scottish initiative
One of a series of notes on futures initiatives in governments prepared by the French government followoing participation in the IFF event on 6 Decmeber 2004.
Date: 24 Nov 2005 Size: 342kB
Five Centuries of the Future: Eamonn Kelly, GBN
Eamonn Kelly's address to the 6 December event in the Parliament outlining five challenges for the future and Scotland's possible contribution.
Date: 13 Sep 2005 Size: 153kB
Seven Prompts: a report for the Scottish Parliament
Document prepared for the Parliament recording lessons from other futures initiatives and giving seven prompts to guide their own. Discussed at 6 December 2004 all day event.
Date: 13 Sep 2005 Size: 114kB
IFF Meetings
IFF1: April 2001, St Andrews, Scotland meeting details
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IFF1 Meeting Report
Full record of this first meeting of the International Futures Forum.
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 1.1MB
Points of Departure
A summary note on the reasons for hope and the causes for concern about the state of the world from participants in advance of the first IFF meeting. A fascinating snapshot.
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 128kB
IFF2: November 2001, St Andrews and Dundee, Scotland meeting details
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The Enlightened Corporation? - the evolving role of business
Report of a workshop held at IFF2 on the evolving role of business over the next ten years and the increasing expectations on business to behave in an enlightened manner.
Date: 28 Aug 2006 Size: 294kB
IFF3: April 2002, St Andrews, Scotland meeting details
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IFF3 Dundee Learning case encounter
Report of IFF's case encounter to explore the challenges involved in encouraging people to take up the learning opporunities available in a city apparently turned off from learning.
Date: 23 Aug 2007 Size: 708kB
IFF3 Falkirk/Grangemouth Economy case encounter
Report of IFF's case encounter to explore the challenges of transforming the local Falkirk/Grangemouth economy in the face of BP's necessary restructuring at Grangemouth refinery.
Date: 26 May 2006 Size: 1.3MB
IFF3 Fife Health case encounter
Report of IFF's case encounter in Fife exploring the challenges of tackling health inequalities in a region where the majority of poor people do not live in poor communities.
Date: 23 Aug 2007 Size: 757kB
Journal of Futures Studies article on Falkirk case encounter
A short essay about IFF's Falkirk case encounter in a special issue of the Journal of Futures Studies dedicated to action research.
Date: 26 May 2006 Size: 1.8MB
IFF7: February 2006, India meeting details
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IFF7 India Report
Governance, leadership and social change in India: a full report of the IFF's seventh plenary session in India (Delhi and Varanasi) in February 2006.
Date: 25 May 2006 Size: 918kB
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