At The Futures Forum, we believe that the key to creating sustainable futures is the ability of decision makers to understand the dynamics of change at both the local and the global level.  Whether addressing a small town in the US South, or South Africa, or the challenge of energy security for a Caribbean island or water security for a town in Arizona, in the end, effective planning for the future requires strategic foresight.

The Futures Forum is a not-for-profit education and research practice established to improve development planning through the use of strategic foresight.   We support organizations, communities, and industry, to create preferred futures, through methods of appreciative foresight and scenario planning.  We help to explore how to take more effective decisions and actions in the face of the complex, multifaceted issues that threaten the common good.  We assist in navigating the landscape of future challenges, examining issues that have no easy answers, and where traditional analytical approaches often fail to address our dynamic reality.  

We add value to the strategy creation process by the use of foresight tools and processes in the strategic thinking component of strategic planning.   By combining the skills of technology assessment, technology foresight and artistry of storytelling, our strategic foresight practice is aimed at developing the capacities of individuals, organizations and communities to thrive and to create thriving and sustainable futures.    

Through our for-profit arm,  Sagient Futures LLC, we also undertake consultancies, and confidential research activities for organizations in the private sector.