Hi, I’am
Hanna Lakkala
FUTURES COACH & FUTURIST
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE INWith sufficient navigation skills and futures capabilities, the impossible can become possible.
We often think that reality is self-evident.
That opportunities have certain preconditions and only certain futures are possible.
However, as a futures coach, futurist, challenger of thinking and co-driver in change, I am constantly facing different futures.
What is possible? How can we create a future from the present in a more conscious way? What kinds of transformations can the change in the world bring to individuals, communities, and entire states?
At its best, futures studies open up new worlds and challenge you to think and question – to look deeper. For too long, however, futures studies lacked a bridge to people’s everyday lives, to the individual level, everyday choices.
I, therefore, want to combine my 12-year academic experience in futures studies and my knowledge of solution-focused coaching and positive psychology and apply the theories and methods of futures studies and foresight in concrete settings so that every person might obtain the strategic metaskills necessary to navigate life more bravely.
This moment is the only one we have. Only from this moment can we consciously create the desired future, without living it yet
Living in various places around the world over decades has taught me humility to question my thinking and the prevailing narratives, strengthened my intuition and, consequently, given me the courage to respond to the call of life. I now dare to admit that the truth is probably found in the shades of grey, between black and white.
I returned to my roots in Torne River Valley, Finnish-Swedish border region, after 20 years abroad, because I wanted space to think, to envision and be inspired by the nature of Lapland, the silence and the opportunities available in the three neighbouring countries – Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Even in the future, I still want to keep one foot out in the world and the other foot firmly in the far North!
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PODCAST-VIERAILU
The Future of Happiness, The Finland Formula
Amerikkalaisen futuristi Kevin Benedictin Future of Business-kanavan podcast-vierailu, jossa pohdin erilaisia perspektiivejä kansainväliseen onnellisuusvertailuun liittyen, puhun Suomesta ja pohjoismaisista yhteiskunnista, sekä siitä, miten valmennus, positiivinen psykologia ja tulevaisuudentutkimus linkittyvät toisiinsa.
