Engaging Futures

What Are Engaging Futures?

Engaging futures are created from a planned inclusive framework supported by a narrative of interesting strategic progressions more than just a repeat of the decades before. Engaging futures manage to evade expectations while still fitting within the framework of the preferred future.

A strong vision is a must, and strong doesn’t have to mean short and repetitive, but it has to speak to the desired end well and be memorable within the future’s context. Following that is robust connective scenarios and logical sequence since an engaging narrative has energy and power and feels futuristic.

Vision is crucial, and while it has to fit the preferred future, it should excite the audience (city/community/nation) engaging with the possibilities. Substantial systemic variability is good, but with issues like sustainability, the creation of futures has opened up smart cities and technology plus other levers of positive change to solve problems and create efficiencies. We must become less reliant on preset notions of quality and discuss the future as a changing journey, rather than as a preset image on a pedestal.

How Do Futures Align?

While there can be an interlinking vision for a nation, States, cities and organisations, futures for one audience should not crowd futures of another audience. The challenges should be met and clearly resolved, while the discoveries should be brilliant but not exclusive.

Futures bring a suite or assortment of both resolutions and brilliant possibilities that are fulfilling but that don’t saturate a particular topic while neglecting other priorities. This creates interest and establishes a controlled futures production but allows flexibility and resilience giving space for consistent variation and transformation.

Ultimately engaging futures should make you forget that you’re looking for the perfect future. They should unfold to you and be immersive, offering cerebral and temporal engagement. Sure, you can evaluate, but at that point, you won’t need any other justification besides the fact that it’s a great future and fulfilling a vital need.

Our Approach

Engaging Futures works with the “Six-pillars” approach to futures studies, creating alternative and preferred futures. Methods include the futures triangle, CLA and emerging issues and trends analysis. Engaging Futures is a boutique consultancy and also uses experimental methods including the Unicity Method, The Futures Ball and games e.g. using the context of space to imagine civilisational challenges and alternative futures thinking.

We aim to benefit current and future generations in the creation of sustainable, essential and preferred futures.

Conducting Workshops Locally And Globally

Engaging Futures offers qualified experts working internationally, nationally, regionally and locally. We host forums and workshops, research and write journal articles, facilitate futures conversations, present Futures Thinking Courses and develop visions, policies and strategies.

We hope to inspire you to work with us to create futures that are genuinely engaging, favourable and interesting, through brilliant ideas, breathtaking innovations, exciting knowledge, new case studies and futures methods that you can use for a lifetime.

Connecting People To Aspirations

Engaging Futures presents the information people need to become better futures thinkers, leaders and strategic planners.

We offer the futures tools and methods that connect people with their inner purpose, dreams and aspirations and their capacities to adapt and transform to create preferred futures.