Speaking & Writing

At Your Digital Tattoo (YDT), we do our thinking in public. Our writing practice extends the work itself.

Research, facilitation, reading, experimentation, unfinished questions, and emerging future(s) all find their way into the formal publication, stories, reflections, and conversations we share.

Where We Publish

#BookDNA on Substack: A living archive of publication recommendations, periodic reflections, field notes, and evolving perspectives on digital ecosystems, collaboration, communication, and future(s) practice.

For a broader view of previous collaborations, organizational partnerships, and areas of practice, you are invited to connect through LinkedIn.

Currently Emerging

Vargas is currently developing a speculative fiction project exploring interactions between humans and non- and more-than-human forces. The work unfolds through seasonal short stories, longer-form fiction, and scenario narratives that support strategic foresight and collective sensemaking. Reflections on writing and research practice are published on Substack via #BookDNA.

Speaking & Collaboration

We welcome opportunities for conversation, collaboration, speaking, facilitation, guest writing, and shared inquiry. Whether you are exploring the future(s) of digital ecosystems, seeking a keynote speaker who can bridge strategic insight with narrative imagination, or looking for a collaborative thought partner, we would love to hear from you.

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Our practice is informed not only by formal education and experience but also by ongoing learning across facilitation, strategic foresight, organizational change, and collaborative practice, including certifications in Dare to Lead®, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, conflict resolution, and related disciplines.

Use the contact form or email us directly to begin the conversation. Together, we can explore what becomes possible through thoughtful collaboration, future(s) thinking, and regenerative digital practices.

Key Publications

  • (2025) Museums and Digital Maturity: Management, capability, and change. Published by Routledge.

  • (2022) ‘Digital workplace anthropology: Making sense of how humans work digitally’, Digital Workplace Group.

  • (2021) ‘Tools and approaches for transforming museum experience’, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

  • (2018) ‘Smart media: Museums in the new data terroir’, in Kirsten Drotner, Vince Dziekan, Ross Parry and Kim Schrøder (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication, pp. 261-273.

  • (2014) Big Data is Not Just for Big Museums: Using Big Data to Improve the Museum Experience, Harvard Extension School MA Thesis.

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