PILLS

Objects of micro-learning: up-skilling

PILLS is a palimpsest of stimuli on topics of personal and professional inspiration and updating.

To reflect, to grow, to evolve.

INSIDE
ME inside the person

OUTSIDE
OTHERS among the people

OVERSIDE
ELSEWHERE beyond people

The PILLS arise from the trends of the FUTUROOM Scenario23 research, carried out by TEA Trends – InContatto perspective research laboratory – and articulated on three conceptual universes:
INSIDE | OUTSIDE | OVERSIDE

15 microlearning objects to enhance looking at oneself, others and the world through an interdisciplinary lens – psychological, sociological, anthropological and philosophical – with a focus on new developments as individuals, groups and organizations.

PILLS INSIDE

COME ON | Being Antifragile

Finding evolutionary strategies for adaptation

Dynamic Adaptation (Adaptivity), Evolutionary Tension (Evolution), Emotional Balance (Balance), Conscious Release (Release): four dimensions to train antifragility. The key is to react proactively to unexpected situations, to look at new situations with curiosity, to stay in touch with one’s emotions in a functional way, and to seize new opportunities.

UPSIDE DOWN | Journey To The Center Of Self.

Getting to know oneself through the introspective method

The concept of consciousness is central within the Introspection dimension. It is a term that has evolved in the wake of philosophy and psychology, disciplines that represent the theoretical-conceptual framework of this specific dimension.

WHO I AM | The Great Beauty

Building the alphabet of happiness

Building the alphabet of happiness How to counteract languishing? By nurturing happiness understood both as an intimate and personal dimension and as a collective dimension.

POST-VERITÀ | Reality does not exist

Looking at the world as transient and impermanent

A focus on the concept of fake-news: the power of information and disinformation; its use, first and foremost politically and economically; the potential and risks associated with social media and new technologies.

UNLEARN | Unlearning And Re-learning.

Developing learning agility

The mismatch of skills between current occupations and the prospective market requires that learning be developed along two new directions: un-learning the obsolete and dysfunctional and re-learning, from a UP and RE skilling perspective. The meta-competence of the future is learning agility, that is, the ability to learn along different possible directions.

PILLS OUTSIDE

CON-DIVIDE | Open Tribes Toward Integration.

Belonging to be

Talking about the individual no longer makes sense. Relationality is a constant feature of life, and biological evolution is strongly based, rather than competition, on cooperation and co-evolution. New forms of reciprocity between living organisms that become con-sharers.

ON STAGE | Balancing Theatricality And Reality.

Understanding the dialectic of representation

A contemporary paradox: complaining that others don’t mind your business when you publish your own. The need to feel like the center of attention actually hides fears and insecurities, triggered by a need for approval, listening and fulfillment.

ETHICAL STORYTELLING | Praise To Kindness

Communicating ethically and responsibly

Kindness is not only a virtue, but also a mindset that can be cultivated over time. Kindness is sacrifice, welcoming, listening and acceptance, but above all, our duty.

GIVEBACK | Anthropology Of Intergenerational Giving

Giving back with generosity and dedication

Personal values. Professional ambitions. Expectations toward the future. Digital aptitudes. The mix of ages brings together uniquenesses that, if not valued and integrated, risk creating unbridgeable distances; giving can be the glue between generations.

SLIDING DOORS | Play Your Game

Choose between conflict or dialogue

Openness to dialogue and nonjudgmental willingness can make relationships generative and evolving. Sliding doors means giving yourself a choice between dialogue and conflict, to heal relationships from a perspective of well-being and coexistence.

PILLS OVERSIDE

MUTAVERSO | I Know What I Don’t Know

Dialoguing wisely with one’s avatar

If everyone could have a new self? If we could live in a parallel world? Would it be possible to dialogue wisely with one’s avatar? What would ultimately be the consequences on the original self?

APOCALYPSE WOW | Search For Salvation

Believing in the ethics of contribution

Sustainability turns out to be deeply embedded in the vision of reality and decision-making processes especially of young people. Living sustainably and ethically today means consuming the Earth’s resources sensibly so that everyone will have something to live on in the future.

EGOMETRIA | Post-Human Society

Reading the impacts on people, organizations, and society

The growing inclination toward wearable devices, such as smartwatches, reveals the growing trend of egometrics. It is the strain toward measurement, control, and monitoring that can make data–big and small–our great allies or our bitter enemies. What are the impacts of the trend on people, organizations, and societies at large?

SPECIATION | There Are No More Futures Than There Used to Be

Hybridizing gender, generational, cultural and digital differences

The planet’s inhabitants who have never connected to the Internet number nearly 3 billion, about 37 percent of the world’s population. In the world’s 46 poorest countries, Internet access is still to be considered a luxury, due to lack of infrastructure. Speciation is occurring: new species are emerging according to digital possibilities and aptitudes.

PLAY | Gaming Is A Serious Thing

Experience conscious gamification

The global Gamification market will reach $30.7 billion by 2025. Data show that gamification applied to routine increases productivity.