Imagining with imaginable: A Holistic Approach to Futures Thinking

Authors

  • Shams Hamid Founding Director, IMAGINE-Institute of Futures Studies, Toronto, Canada
  • Salman Ahmed Khatani Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Sobia Anwer Management Science Researcher, Department of Public Administration University of Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58661/ijsse.v4i3.320

Keywords:

Imagination , Imaginable, Futures Studies, SDGs , Futures Literacy

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to how interconnected and dependent the globe is, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive and team effort to address local, regional, and international sustainable development issues. The ability to receive and understand data from the outside world, our inner world of emotions, and our memories is known as imagination. It serves as a display for rational evaluation, introspection, and imaginative creation of our instincts, perceptions, emotions, thoughts, and conceptions. The capacity for creative imagination is the capacity to combine sensations and notions to create original ideas that are not always logical or true. We need to be conscious of the three filters that imagination uses to analyze information: the emotional, the intellectual, and the creative. We may create a more comprehensive and integrated approach to problem-solving and decision-making by comprehending these filters and how they interact. The "Theory of Imagination and Imaginables" and the "Model of Imaginables" are presented in this work using an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach. We may design sustainable, just, and compassionate futures by practicing creativity and using a multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving. In addition to contributing to the emerging field of future studies, this study offers a valuable framework for people and organizations trying to understand the intricacies of our linked world.

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Published

2024-07-30

How to Cite

Shams Hamid Founding, Salman Ahmed Khatani, & Sobia Anwer. (2024). Imagining with imaginable: A Holistic Approach to Futures Thinking. International Journal of Social Science & Entrepreneurship, 4(3), 337–361. https://doi.org/10.58661/ijsse.v4i3.320