We have solutions to solve many of today’s biggest crises: renewables, mobility, biodiversity. And yet the future feels harder to imagine than ever. In her keynote “From Paralysis to Possibility: Why Design is the Most Powerful Future Technology We Have,” Nicole argues that our real bottleneck isn’t technological, it’s a crisis of imagination. Drawing on futures research, neuroscience, and her own work in narrative and design, she shows how design turns abstract possibility into something we can see, feel, and believe in.
