It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
The US is consistently voting with Russia in the Security Council and has switching Ukraine’s access to its intelligence off and on; European countries are scrambling to tool up as their security safety blanket is snatched away. Leaders are making the grave mistake of raiding development assistance budgets to fund their militaries, And by the time you read this, all the above will be out of date and more rapid and unpredictable changes will have occurred. It is hard to keep up but one thing is clear: we must respond with new and bold ideas, as a return to the ‘status quo’ won’t cut it.
This session will explore:
The gravity of the paradigm shift, and why a return to ‘old ‘ paradigms is also not an option. How we collectively respond to this new world order, shifting beneath our feet, with practical yet genuinely new ideas/propositions.
How to avoid catastrophism and positively set out a new path, without playing into the negative agenda - while also recognising our collective failure to anticipate the shift coming
How can we build new coalitions centred on values and pragmatism, embracing new ideas without getting overwhelmed by events.
How to experiment with new ways of working and shape different narratives based on what connects rather than divides us across borders,
And most importantly, how to feel fine, look after ourselves, each other and our loved ones in these testing times.
After an initial framing session, partners Aggrey Aluso, RANA, Marta Foresti, LAGO Collective and ODI, David McNair, ONE and Eloise Todd, PAN will lead interactive sessions on how we can work differently to make change happen, driving an open discussion with open minds, and nothing off the table, encouraging
Clear and concrete areas to do things differently.
Reach across sectors - and also ways of working - to bring artists, musicians, advocates, researchers, campaigners, and funders together to invigorate ideas.
Look at the assumptions we have been making about the way in which many of us work - and gently challenge those notions and come up with the real questions our work needs to answer, or respond to.
Start to sketch out an alternative vision for the world we want to live in - that responds to the needs and concerns of people who have lost trust in elites and institutions.
The session will be structured around the Skoll World Forum ‘I Feel Fine’ resistance playlist
Come and brainstorm, share, plot, make new connections - and find some positive energy with Skoll forum partners at this session!