In an age when anything can be made, the question becomes “What is worth making?”

Next Project : Communal Heirlooms

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Nxt Proj : Communal Heirlooms :

a shady tree, a safe corner, a good listener, a fair trader, a shared meal, a fiesta, a ritual, the warm sunrise, the smell from the bakery, birds singing...

HMW help people see their way into the future?

Join us : Nxt Proj : Communal Heirlooms : a shady tree, a safe corner, a good listener, a fair trader, a shared meal, a fiesta, a ritual, the warm sunrise, the smell from the bakery, birds singing... HMW help people see their way into the future?

 
 
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Our Possible Futures:

Adventuring Ventures is shifting from consulting to convening! Yay! That means initiating our own activities, initiatives, and projects. It means inviting you, neighbors, business leaders, and local governments to envision and build communities of reciprocity and care.

Imagine a place where your unique expertise intersects with others, “aha” moments, surprising ideas, transforming how we collaborate, embracing the floundering and serendipity. Creativity flourishes in the company of diverse minds. Together, we recognize our potential and co-create experiences for meaningful change across our communities, neighborhoods, and cities.

 

Join Us! Four Steps to Get Started:

  • With community, inspiration, events, so you’re not alone, to keep growing, and be part of building a community.

    Details

    • Typical duration - 15min - ongoing

    • Social Ratio - 1 : n (participation is up to you)

    • Flow - You listen, talk, read, watch and connect

    Get started now

    1. Field Report newsletter - free subscription

    2. Meet n Greet - a coffee, lunch, checkin. If remote, invite me for a coffee here, then schedule here

    3. Superpower Swap - schedule here

    Note: you’ll receive a Superfriends Creative Club invitation after completing your Superpower Swap

  • Listen, establish common ground. Identify and clarify what we’re doing, want to do, and with whom or for whom.

    Details

    • Typical duration - 1-2 hours

    • Social Ratio - 1 : 1 (me and you)

    • Flow - You talk, I ask questions

    Get started now

    1. Field Report newsletter - free subscription

    2. What Kind of Perfectionist Are You - online quiz

    3. Superpower Manifesto - download madlib

    4. Superpower Swap - schedule

    5. Office Hours - schedule

  • Practice what we are learning in our OUTFITTING. Mitigate the risk of trying something new, get tangible, demonstrate skills and inspire what is possible.

    Details

    • Typical duration - 1-4 hours

    • Social Ratio - 1 : some (me and your team)

    • Flow - I guide, you do and make

    Get started now

    1. Field Report newsletter - free subscription

    2. Workshop Scoping Session for Your Community - schedule

  • Practice your new skills on a specific challenge. For example, to understand an audience you don’t know, or create something new - a place, policy, process, product, role, service

    Details

    • Typical duration - 1-2 months

    • Social Ratio - 1 : some (me and your team)

    • Flow - we do this together is the best outcome

    Get started now

    1. Field Report newsletter - free subscription

    2. Scoping Session for Your Community - schedule

    Note: these engagements are very bespoke. Depends on challenge, skills, readiness, experience, etc. Let’s talk and see if there is a good fit.

 

What We’ve Been Up To:

About

Scott Paterson brings 30 years of experience helping organizations design new ways to solve complex challenges. As the founder of Adventure Ventures, visiting lecturer at IESE Business School and former IDEO consultant, he's worked with governments, corporations, and startups across the globe - from transforming Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, envisioning fintech futures for Nubank in Brazil, or creating the revolutionary "Department of Doing" in Gainesville. There is even a Harvard Business School case study about his work with IDEO in Peru.

What makes Scott unique? He operates at the intersection of design, economics, and policy - believing that real change happens when these three forces work together. He's the rare designer who's actually lived in the communities he's designing for, from small Florida towns to bustling international cities. 

Scott is also the host of "Possibility Hours" podcast and author of the foresights newsletter FIELD REPORT and the thought-provoking essay "Seeing Upside Down and Around Corners." His philosophy? Be a "reluctant optimist" - always imagining how things could be better while staying grounded in reality.

His ground-breaking career is a story often sought after. Some recent examples include being featured in the recently published book "Architects After Architecture" published by Routledge and a recent podcast interview: Reluctant Optimist: Designing Cities for Change with Scott Paterson.

 

Community

Advanced Air Mobility Assoc., Architect of the Capitol, Banfield, Breakout, CCA, Banff Center for the Arts, BC Hydro, Breakout, Cineplanet, Cities of Gainesville, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Contra Costa Health Services, Columbia GSAPP, Creative Time, Dogpatch Neighborhood Assoc., Embraer, EmbraerX, Eyebeam Atelier, Fair Trade USA, Futures Book Club Barcelona, Google, IDEO, IESE Business School, Intel, Lakeland Economic Development Council, Mercy Corps, Mursion, Nike, Nubank, One League, Parsons School of Design, Peace Corps, PNC, Singapore Ministry of Manpower, Spark Festival NZ, Steelcase, Superfriends Creative Club, US Dept of Energy, Walker Art Center, Whitney Museum of American Art

 

Testimonials

  • “Optimism with wisdom, hope with experience.”

  • ”Your ability to meet and connect with strangers or new people is a gift.”

  • ”Changed my life!”

  • ”Good questions from a outsider perspective”

  • ”Very friendly and created a flow to be open and vulnerable”

  • ”Left with a heart full”

 
 

Questions? Get in touch