Victoria Mulligan

Strategic foresight and network science

Scenarios for Aotearoa New Zealand

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Victoria helps individuals and organisations turn uncertainty into strategic advantage. She is a globally recognised futurist who brings clarity to complexity - translating trends, risks and signals into insight that sparks action.

She has conducted futures intelligence and strategic foresight projects for a range of industries and sectors, from short-term sprints to longer, more immersive work programs.

Her live sessions are fast-paced, thought-provoking, and grounded in real-world strategy, drawing on two decades of cross-sector experience spanning global development, industry and government.

“Working with Victoria Mulligan was an absolute pleasure. She brought a rare combination of intellectual rigour and genuine warmth to the process of developing four futures scenarios, making what could have been a daunting exercise feel both accessible and energising. Victoria is thorough in her research and thinking, yet never loses sight of the people in the room. I appreciated her ability to make the work fun while maintaining the quality of the outputs. I couldn't recommend her more highly.”

— Centre for Public Impact, BCG
“Victoria is a fantastic presenter—warm, engaging, and articulate. She was also incredibly easy and friendly to work with, making the whole experience enjoyable and seamless.”

—Head of Marketing, Delta Insurance
“Victoria managed to present some quite intense information in an engaging manner, and the audience was deeply engrossed! It was certainly very thought provoking and stimulated discussion for days after. Very successful speaker for our audience of surgeons and senior leaders.”

—General Manager, Grace Hospital
"We first met with Victoria to discuss her speaking at a seminar for members of our co-operative, focused on current local and global trends, the future of advice, and how we can best meet the needs of tomorrow’s clients. Following that meeting, we were so impressed by Victoria’s knowledge, insight, and content that we expanded her session to include a facilitated workshop with our members. Victoria delivered an excellent keynote and a highly engaging, thought-provoking workshop. The themes she explored carried through into discussions across the two-day seminar and added real value to the overall event. She comes highly recommended by those of us who organised the seminar, and her session was very well received by those who attended."

Head of Insurance and Lending, Wealthpoint

Selected Services

→ Craft futures-driven strategies using bespoke scenario planning to prepare for multiple different outcomes
→ Build capability within your own team with robust futures methodology and training
→ Access ongoing futurist insights and strategic advice tailored to your specific business needs.
→ Co-create a set of scenarios across a spectrum of possible futures
→ Stress test these scenarios against your organisation’s trajectory and planning
→ Design a practical and actionable plan to keep your strategy future-fit
→ Create a digital map of who's connected to whom in your industry, network or community to see where collaboration is strong and where gaps exist.
→ Turn complex relationship data into clear visualisations that show how information flows and where key influencers sit.
→ Transform complex organisational webs into clear, actionable insights that accelerate collective impact and streamline decision-making across sectors.
→ Deploy a futures study to scan and understand the external changes and forces likely to impact your organisation
→ Conduct expert data collection and analysis to give key insights into emerging industry dynamics, as they coalesce and interact with global megatrends.
→ Provide a panoramic view of the horizon and what’s ahead, to help you seize emerging opportunities.
→ Ignite inspiration and futures-driven innovation with a bespoke keynote, sprint or workshop
→ Engage your audience and maximise learning with a presentation centred around storytelling and interactivity
→ Select a topic from futures thinking 101, to megatrends to industry insights, all designed to help you drive positive, outbound change