Swinburne alum predicting the future.
What will our future look like? What role does technology play? How can we adapt and make positive change? These are just some of the questions posed by Noriko Wynn, Swinburne alum and Futurist at global engineering consultancy company, Aurecon.
"As a futurist at Aurecon, my job can get a little nuts," Ms Wynn says.
"Ever since I was little, I was fixated on the long-term and wanting to understand the different approaches to tackle a problem. Today, I am the Futures Research and Strategic Foresight lead and my role is all about how we can help our clients anticipate what the future may look like and how we can plan infrastructure in response to what we might need to change, address, or evolve."
Strategic Foresight alum, Noriko Wynn, at engineering consultancy company, Aurecon.
Ms Wynn completed the Master of Strategic Foresight at Swinburne University of Technology and is now one of only a few futurists embedded in an Australian corporation, applying her knowledge in innovative ways for the complex world.
"What I found with strategic foresight is you need to be multidisciplinary – to do it well, you need to understand different types of systems."
NORIKO WYNN
"Exploring the interactions in different economic systems, social systems, political systems, and technology systems is important to be able to anticipate change – particularly against very long timelines," Ms Wynn says.
