Eric leo blais, mdes
innovation Consultant &
Strategic Foresight PRACTITIONER
Designing Futures
Poetic: Inspired by the middle path, I help people clearly and mindfully understand the present so that they can successfully chart a path towards the future.
Practical: I help busy people find solutions to their problems and create and manage change.
Introduction to Strategic Foresight Course
Kickstarter Campaign for Surviving Grief BOOK:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ericleoblais/surviving-grief
Strategic Foresight on Medium.com
Services
What I Do
Solution Focus and Grief and Loss Coach
Innovation Lead, Consultant and Facilitator
Strategic Foresight Practitioner
Design Researcher
Digital Media Design, Development,
Marketing and AnalyticsBusiness Design and Development
Product Design & Evangelist
Workshop Facilitator
Certified Meditation Instructor (Hoame)
Teacher / Instructor (Corporate and University)
Writer
My Mission
Helping enthusiastic and committed people pause and make sense of their environment so that they can properly define and address their challenges and solve them accordingly.
my Brand
Innovation and change are hard work. I bring commitment, practical experience, academic knowledge, humour and fun to each challenge.
published Work
Published Work
OCAD U: Decrypting the Medium - A Report on the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Market (Winter 2022)
OSCA Today: Reimagining Education: Our Schools, Post-Pandemic (Fall, 2020)
Strategic Foresight Work
Future of Theatre - Post COVID Crisis - 2021 - 18 Trends
Future of Volunteer Engagement in Hospitals - Post COVID Crisis - 2020 10 Trend Sample
Rethinking Media - Broadcast dialogue
Rethinking Media: Meet Broadcast Dialogue’s newest contributor Eric Blais (August 29, 2019)
Rethinking Media: Is content still king? (September 26, 2019)
Rethinking Media: Re-Channeling (November 1, 2019)
Rethinking Media: It’s all about the experience (November 22, 2019)
Rethinking Media: Combating ‘groupthink’ in the broadcast industry (January 27, 2020)
Rethinking Media: The Litany Against Fear (February 21, 2020)
Rethinking Media: What’s Next? (April 13, 2020)
Rethinking Media: The New Normal (June 5, 2020)
Rethinking Media: How unpacking social systems can help your sales process (September 4, 2020)
Rethinking Media: Applying Design Thinking to Misinformation (October 30, 2020)
Rethinking Media: Innovation, Adaptive Leadership and Work Avoidance (February 2, 2021)
Rethinking Media: New Beginnings, Time for Action (June 22, 2021)
Speaking Engagements
October 23, 2024 - Volunteer Canada - Looking into the Future with Data: The Strategic Foresight Approach
August 9, 2023 - University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Language Studies, Innovating in 2023
August 16, 2022 - Volunteer MBC - CADC Strategic Foresight Introduction
May 10, 2022 - Circadian Wellness / Eons - Strategic Foresight Session
July 15, 2021 - Points of Light Conference - Future of Volunteer Engagement, Using design thinking and future studies concepts
May 13, 2021 - TAVA May Workshop - Towards a Bright Future
February 11th, 2020 - Foresight Essentials - Change Makers - 2021 JOINT CONFERENCE with TAVA & Volunteer Toronto
November 19th, 2020 - A Strategic Foresight Primer - COVID-19 Forum - Volunteer MBC
March 28th, 2019 - The Politics of Innovation - Guest Speaker - Course: Design Thinking Incubator: from problem into prototype - University of Toronto
March 26th, 2018 - Strategic Foresight in the Wild - Guest Speaker - Course: Strategic Foresight Lab - OCAD U
Let's Chat
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