Rowena Morrow has worked within the federal government, private enterprise and the education sector on future related projects. Her background in policy development, planning and product marketing has given her a broad and varied toolkit with which to approach the future. Her capacity to synthesize information and to understand the dynamics and complexities inherent in organisational setting provides her with the ability to be insightful and innovative in her solution generation. She brings passion and energy to foresight capacity building, especially around the individual and organisational need to develop preferred and hopeful futures.

Rowena Offers...

• Professional facilitation and design of purpose built workshops and strategies around the future of your organisation, with an emphasis on the building of the capacity to imagine and enact your preferred future;
• Environmental scanning frameworks and analysis on a wide range of topics relevant to government, business and educational institutions; and,
• Understanding and insight on the challenges and opportunities faced by your organisation in the quest to ensure your sustainability into the future, including markets, products and white space opportunities.

Experience

• Sessional Lecturer in the Graduate Certificate of Strategic Foresight at Swinburne University of Technology;
• Environmental Scanning Analyst for the Foresight, Planning and Review Unit at Swinburne University of Technology (casual contract);
• Co-ordinator and editor of the publications program for the Australian Foresight Institute with eight monographs now in print;
• Facilitation and development of Foresight and sustainability workshops with community sector organisations and educational institutions;
• Speaker on Futures methodology at the 2004 VET Research Network;
• Assistant Editor of the Knowledge Base of Futures Studies (2nd edition);
• Project management, product development, Retail analysis and planning strategist for the Shell Company in the Retail Petroleum - Marketing area;
• Member for the Cargo Management Strategy Project Team within the Australian Customs Service (10 year time horizon); and,
• Policy development and administration of the Passenger Movement Charge program with the Australian Customs Service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (ANU) with majors in social research methods and politics;
• Graduate Diploma in Urban Research and Planning (Swinburne University);
• Masters in Science (Strategic Foresight) (Swinburne University) almost completed; and,
• Various short management training courses.