Plausible futures: Transforming ourselves, transforming our industry

Abstract

William Angliss Institute (WAI) aspires to become a University of Specialisation. This chapter outlines some of the reasons behind this objective and the challenges involved in seeking to achieve it. The author contends that the Institute and the industry it services must co-evolve and transform their worldviews if they are to meet the challenges of an uncertain future: a task that entails developing more complex epistemologies. Based on the author’s doctoral research that suggest a catalytic correlation between participation in certain forms of scenario planning and epistemic development, a transformative approach to scenario based research is proposed as a vehicle for bringing about this transformation. The methodology for a proposed scenario research project is explained and its potential short and long term benefits for both WAI and the industry are identified. The proposal represents innovation in WAI’s own development and its industry partnerships.