FuturePod EP 237: APF IF Awards Winner - Reanna Browne and James Allen
Jan 30, 2026
LaVonne Leong, APF representative who explains the awards and judging. James Allen, foresight practitioner blending intelligence analysis and complexity methods. Reanna Browne, organisational designer behind a relational foresight approach. They discuss rejecting trend reports, framing foresight as relational infrastructure, complexity-informed mapping, generative AI for hypotheses, interactive digital artifacts, and turning dilemmas into small, safe experiments.
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IF Awards Went Global And Inclusive
- The APF IF Awards intentionally widened access to global entries and non-native English speakers.
- Winners this year came from diverse regions showing growth and maturation of the field.
One-Day Workshop Led To Bigger Brief
- A one-day design challenge for Red Cross Lifeblood sparked the longer engagement.
- That initial workshop led to the client later asking bigger questions about their performance system.
Foresight As Relational Infrastructure
- Foresight as relational infrastructure frames futures work as ongoing practices, not static reports.
- Reanna Browne and James Allen designed an assemblage to help people hold tensions and enable decisions.