Cheryl Doig
"I am passionate about creating a future we want rather than being a passive observer in life."
Anticipating, collaborating, activating
Cheryl combines a background in education with wide experience in leadership, governance and futures thinking. She was not only a successful school principal but has been on the boards of three start up schools. She has a Doctorate in Education with particular strengths in leadership, innovation, complex change and futures studies.
Cheryl has extensive governance experience in the health, education and charitable sectors. She is currently Chair of Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch and trustee on the Food for Thought Trust. She is founder of the Ōtautahi Futures Collective, the Aotearoa Futures Network and Oceania Futures. Cheryl is a professional member of the Association for Professional Futurists and contributes globally in the futures and foresight space. #futuresaunty
Cheryl is also director of Think Beyond and a co-host of the Future of Learning conference. Cheryl speaks, writes and contributes on topics of complex change, strategic foresight, futures literacy and leadership. She challenges the status quo and is a proactivist for ethical, equitable and sustainable change.
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Cheryl Doig
"I am passionate about creating a future we want rather than being a passive observer in life."
Anticipating, collaborating, activating
Cheryl combines a background in education with wide experience in leadership, governance and futures thinking. She was not only a successful school principal but has been on the boards of three start up schools. She has a Doctorate in Education with particular strengths in leadership, innovation, complex change and futures studies.
Cheryl has extensive governance experience in the health, education and charitable sectors. She is currently Chair of Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch and trustee on the Food for Thought Trust. She is founder of the Ōtautahi Futures Collective, the Aotearoa Futures Network and Oceania Futures. Cheryl is a professional member of the Association for Professional Futurists and contributes globally in the futures and foresight space. #futuresaunty
Cheryl is also director of Think Beyond and a co-host of the Future of Learning conference. Cheryl speaks, writes and contributes on topics of complex change, strategic foresight, futures literacy and leadership. She challenges the status quo and is a proactivist for ethical, equitable and sustainable change.