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  • Event details:

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    Title: Futures Lab launch

    Date: 1st October 2026

    Time: 15:00-16:00

    Location: Teams

  • Digital tote bag

    Go to section Digital tote bag

    Welcome to your Digital Tote Bag! 

    Thank you for joining us for the fantastic session with Duncan Wardle and the launch of CDN's Futures Lab. On this page (your digital tote bag!) you’ll find a treasure trove of goodies, resources and inspiration from the event.

    Futures Lab is designed to help colleges build the confidence, creativity and agency to thrive in uncertainty - supporting staff to spot opportunities, navigate complexity, test ideas and turn insight into action.

    Inspired and ready to get started? Become a pioneer, get in touch to bring Futures Lab to your colleagues, college or organisation: futures@cdn.ac.uk

    Need a bit more persuading? Follow this link to listen to stories from two different colleges who took the leap and find out what it did for them.

    Save or flag this page for future reference, and click the images and hyperlinks below to explore the resources.

     
     
    Links to books, brochures and podcasts:
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Duncan Wardle
    Follow this link to find out more about our fabulous guest, Duncan Wardle (Former Head of Innovation and Creativity at The Walt Disney Company). Click on the image above to discover his book, 'The Imagination Emporium', availble in the UK from various booksellers.
     
     
    Top Trumps cards
    Are you wondering
    'What can Futures Lab do for me?'
    Click on the image to access our set of playing cards to find out!
     
    Futures Lab brochure 26/27
    Click on this link to access and download information on the programme, the framework and how to get the ball rolling.
     
     
    What is Futures Lab?
    Futures Lab has launched! Great,but what’s it all about, what’s behind it and why might you be interested in it?
    Listen to this discussion between Jo Turbitt & Gordon Hunt about the programme.
     

    Links to flyers for Futures Lab events for 26/27, LearnOnline resources and Jiscmail sign up:

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    FEAST
    FEAST stands for Fostering Experimentation
    Agency, Skills and Transformation.
     
    For 40 mins twice a month we'll be coming together to eat lunch, ignite our imaginations and prioritise our creative thinking. Click the image to the view the menu for 26/27 and follow this link to book your seat at the FEAST! 
     
     
    The Carnival of Curiosity
    Roll up! Roll up!
    The Carnival of Curiosity is coming to town!
     
    Follow CDN on Linkedin to make sure your feed is full of Carnival joy on 6-8 October 2026. For further details and information, click the image to the view the flyer.
     
     
    Learn Online
    Follow this link to access CDN's treasure trove of resources to aid you in your experiments. 
     
    Jiscmail sign up
    To subscribe to our Jiscmail for CDN's Futures Lab, follow this link.
     

    15% off Walker's shortbread!

    We wanted to provide you with snacks (who doesn't love a snack?!), and when researching Innovative food companies in Scotland, Walker's Shortbread came top of the list! We got in touch with the lovely folk at the very delicious shortbread company and they've very generously provided a voucher to give you 15% off in their online shop, for tasty treats to fuel your innovation and creative ideas! Enjoy!

    Download your voucher here.

    Click here to go to the Walker's online shop.

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