about suzanne whitby: facilitation, communication, sustainable futures

My work lies at the intersection of facilitation, communication, and sustainable futures.

I am a futures and foresight professional (some say futurist, some say futures thinker) and at Futures Fit, I design and deliver participatory futures, innovation and strategy workshops, as well as interactive learning experiences for businesses, organisations and communities that want to thrive in times of rapid change.

I am convinced that science and research have a critical role to play in exploring the unknown and building better, intentional futures for all. At SciComm Success, I design and deliver communication workshops to help researchers and scientists get better at sharing their work. I am an external lecturer at the University of Innsbruck, where I have delivered lectures and workshops on science communication, climate communication, and storytelling.

Building on my background in communication and sustainability, I run a small consultancy where I work with change makers, future thinkers and visionary leaders as a presence and presentation skills coach, communication specialist, facilitator and moderator at Whitby’s. Using my interconnected skills, I also work as an expert for a few European-funded projects.

I am a researcher at VU Amsterdam, where I design multi-sensory, place-based stories of the future and participatory experiences to prompt pro-environmental thinking and encourage climate action.

I am an active sustainability and climate educator and communicator at klimafit. zukunftsfit., I give talks and workshops about climate change and solutions, the circular economy, climate and sustainability communication, and a variety of sustainability themes, many connected to the SDGs and IDGs.

Since 2010, I have been a performing oral storyteller. I perform immersive stories to educate, entertain and empower.

I am a serial entrepreneur. I started my first business, a creative communication agency for change makers called Future Makers, in 2004 and sold it in 2016. In addition to running Futures Fit, SciComm Success, Whitby’s, and klimafit. zukunftsfit., I am also the founder of Facilitators for Future, an initiative that helps aspiring future makers become facilitators of change. I lead the urban walking initiative Ways to Walk to bring people together, in person and on foot, to meet, talk, learn, and agitate for change.

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