Susan Cox-Smith Email & Phone Number

Http://Changeist.Com/

Drawing on over twenty years experience as a writer, designer, creative director, researcher, analyst and interactive producer I seek to enrich public engagement with possible futures. I have consulted on futures projects for JPMorganChase, AXA, BBC R&D, Comcast, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, National Gallery London, Nesta, and multiple Silicon Valley tech companies. I contribute to trend research and scenario development exploring possible futures for urban environments, arts & culture, health & wellness, and new media in entertainment. Recently, I led the design and delivery of a public workshop platform exploring feminist futures in a post-Covid world for the International Women’s Development Agency. I also oversee the design of and co-lead Changeist’s capacity building workshops, and the development of related instructional materials, developing futuring skills in leaders from organisations including Microsoft, Netflix, Wells Fargo and NASA JPL. I was the contributing editor on "How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange," and co-author of "Future Cultures: How to Build a Future-Ready Organization Through Leadership," coming October 2023from Kogan Page.I also write about the critical lenses of grounded research and narrative design for the exploration of near, next, and far futures. I have presented and facilitated strategic foresight, design futures, and scenario planning workshops at A/D/O in Brooklyn, Sibos in Geneva, ThingsCon Amsterdam and UXLondon. I have co-facilitated How to Future courses and workshops for organizations in the US, UK, France, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Malta and online to participants globally.

Anaglyph is an emergent production company which aims to create, write, develop, and produce documentary and fictional projects about the future for film, television, podcasts, games and other media.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Month-long research fellowship to work with UniSA, MOD. and SA Water, exploring the design of strategic simulations as a tool for foresight. Participating in events and working groups, writing a research brief, leading and supporting professional development workshops and design workshops.

Various

• BodyPump, certified Pass 2003• BodyStep, certified Pass 2005• BodyCombat, certified Pass 2007• RPM, certified Pass with Distinction 2009• BodyPump Advanced Instructor Module I, September 2010• RPM Advanced Instructor Module I, June 2011Les Mills instructors incorporate the 5 key elements of training—choreography, technique, coaching, connecting, and fitness magic—to create world-class performances that can transform participants and show visible results, every time.

Design projects for selective clients, primarily in custom content and interior exhibition projects. Writing about the futures of tech, art, gender, education and personal data.

United States

This was a long-term consulting engagement acting as the central hub of a digital development team. I was responsible for building a strong infrastructure for multiple online course projects. This included creative support, budget, scheduling, and resources, as well as leading an internal project management redevelopment brief, aligning processes and management with creative and editorial resources for more streamlined and cost-effective course development.