Trust Emergence, or Emerging into Being as a Foresight Practitioner

I think I first heard the phrase trust emergence from Joseph Voros when we were working together more than two decades ago to do foresight at Swinburne University of Technology. It's become something of a mantra for me ever since, allowing me to let go of my deeply ingrained need for structure and trust that whatever happens, happens at the right time - not as a result of randomness but more as a result of a convergence of intent and actions, both conscious and unconscious.

Emergence only happens when you are open to the possible, and when you are ready to let go of the past. Letting go of the past usually results in the sensation of your safe world disintegrating around you, although that sensation can range from extreme to more subtle. For me, this past year or so has been a period of subtle unease - of course, I only realised that with hindsight! This post is a bit of an indulgence but I think as I write, and putting where I have reached in my emergence journey is a key step is help…