Hi, I'm Dave Godden.

I established Living Foresight in 2024 after more than 20 years working as a manager, leader, facilitator and strategist in public and community sector organisations in Australia and the UK.

After starting my career in health service management, my experience has encompassed public health strategy, place-based community development, social policy and strategy development and implementation, and lots of collaboration and partnerships. 

The thread that has run through my work has been a focus on

bringing people together to make progress on complex challenges. Through this experience I've learned how to facilitate powerful conversations, how to help organisations sense and respond to change, and how to stay grounded and engaged in complex and ambiguous situations.

My experience in organisations has been complemented by a diverse range of studies, including a Masters in Strategic Foresight, a Masters in Public Health, a Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Management and a Bachelor of Arts in History & Politics.

In addition to Living Foresight, some other things I do include: 

• Consult for FuturesPlanner, a futures, strategy and risk consultancy, based in Melbourne. 
• Co-host the Complex Mess Community with Meredith Bowden of Talking Futures. 
• Volunteer as a Director of Communities That Care, a not-for-profit that supports community partnerships for children and young people's wellbeing.