Insights. Capability. Change.

Creating an equitable and sustainable world for current and next generations.

We help people transform the present using structured thinking about the future

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We help our clients to deliver futures insights, capability and change

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We invest in research, networks and tools to support global transformation

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Strategic foresight retreat

Join our upcoming foresight retreat, 29 July – 2 August in the UK. Learn the skills you need to understand change and disruption and how to create future-ready organisations in an uncertain and increasingly volatile world.

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Our vision is an equitable and sustainable world for current and next generations

We help people transform the present using structured thinking about the future

Impact story

Social care and technology futures

The challenge The UK Government Office for Science and EDS Projects in the UK Cabinet…

Impact story

Hydrocarbon risk and resilience

The challenge Oil price fluctuations, including sudden drops, had weakened the regional economy, putting increased…

Report

Executive Summary: Implementation Handbook

This Executive Summary distills the Implementation Handbook for the UN Declaration on Future Generations, offering practical guidance for national-level champions to integrate intergenerational fairness and long-term governance principles in their national strategies.

Interview

Chapter in World Public Sector Report

Read SOIF Director, Cat Tully’s chapter on Operationalizing Strategic Foresight to Better Support Governments in Managing Sustainable Development Goal Trade-Offs and Synergies in the Post-COVID Context in the UN Word Public Sector Report 2023.

Report

Features of effective systemic foresight

This report explores how eight governments have developed their foresight capabilities over time and integrated long-term thinking into policy making.

Report

Thinking ahead collectively: The case of African Digital Futures

African Digital Futures convened next-generation thinkers to explore futures of data-driven technology across the continent.

Article

CEOs as Stewards of Future Generations

For businesses that are purpose-driven, there is a significant opportunity to be stewards of future generations.

Report

Urban Food Futures for Impact on Urban Health

What will the food environment in inner cities be like in 2035? What will have changed and what will be similar to today?

Toolkit

A policy toolkit for policy decision-makers

A simple, pragmatic approach to using foresight for decision-makers, including tools, resources and approaches for navigating change under conditions of deep uncertainty.

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Beyond Uncertainty: finding our way to the future

Change is going to happen. The question for the future of business right now is whether we want to be the agents of change, or have change happen to us.

Report

Making decisions about the UK in the interests of future generations

This multi-year programme is building the infrastructure to connect citizen participation into longterm planning at the national level.