Methodologies and tools

As foresight professionals, facilitators, and sustainability catalysts, we draw on a number of tried and tested methods and tools. We combine tools and approaches to create custom-designed workshops and experiences that make SHIFT happen.

Here are some of the tools in our toolbox:

Foresight Methods and Tools Capabilities

  • Futures Triangles
  • Horizon Scanning
  • Three Horizons
  • Scenario Archetypes
  • 2×2 Scenario Building
  • Seeds Visioning
  • Causal Layered Analysis
  • Backcasting
  • Roadmapping
  • Windtunneling
  • Narrative for a Change
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  • Past Timelines
  • Systems Maps
  • Trend Spotting
  • Emerging Issues Analysis
  • Gartner Hype Cycle
  • Futures Wheels
  • Impact Cascades
  • Influence Mapping
  • Cross-Impact Matrix
  • Verge Futures Framework
  • Incasting
  • Inductive Scenario Building
  • Morphological Analysis
  • Scenario Wireframes
  • Manoa Scenario Building
  • Design-based Scenarios
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • Future Search
  • Manoa Visioning
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Liberating Structures
  • Early Warning Indicators

Facilitation Methods and Tools

  • Liberating Structures
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • Agile workshops
  • Participatory Strategic Planning
  • ORID (Focused Conversations)
  • The Art of Hosting
  • World Cafes
  • Narrative Thinking
  • Story Circles

Sustainability & Communication Tools

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Identify possible futures

Listening for signals and finding the drivers of change that might affect your business in the  future.

Shape your business future

Harness the experience and knowledge of your team to identify risks, uncover opportunities, and think strategically about how to shape the future of your business.

Make SHIFT happen

Take steps to innovate and mitigate risk so that you are resilient in changing times.

Foresight is not about predicting the future. As the saying goes: forewarned is forearmed. Foresight is about identifying possible futures, minimising risk and surprise, spotting opportunities, and working out what role you have in shaping the future.
Suzanne Whitby

Futures thinker, facilitator, communicator & storyteller