The Futures Triangle in the Workplace – Using Strategic Foresight to Anticipate, Plan for and Respond to New Challenges in Business

This paper explores how the Futures Triangle, a core tool in strategic foresight, can support organisations to reimagine the future of work in times of rapid change. Through real-world workshops with technology and people leaders, Victoria Mulligan demonstrates how mapping the pull of preferred futures, the push of present trends, and the weight of inherited assumptions enables teams to surface mental models, expand possibility, and build transformative strategy. The Futures Triangle is positioned not just as a diagnostic tool but as a catalyst for reflection, dialogue, and organisational learning. In complex, uncertain environments, it helps leaders think more holistically, act more deliberately, and co-create more inclusive futures. Read More