Anyone Can Be A Futurist

When you hear the word futurist, what comes to mind?
Maybe it’s an expert in AI. Or tech. Or someone who spends their time analysing trends and writing forecasts. Maybe you’re picturing Tom Cruise in Minority Report, sliding holograms around in a dark room.

I've got three things to share:
🌿You don’t need any of that to be a futurist
🌿Anyone can be a futurist
🌿All business leaders should be futurists

Not the kind who predicts what’s next with certainty, but the kind who can hold multiple possibilities at once, challenge their own assumptions and make decisions with a wider view of what might emerge.

Why?

Let’s step back for a moment.

When we think about the future, our subconscious patterns and hidden assumptions are already guiding us. Every decision - what to invest in, who to hire, what risks to take, rests on what we think is coming.

But most people don't make that visible or say it out loud.

Scenario planning changes that.

It helps you and your team to pause, surface assumptions and test them. Not to predict the future, but to explore what could happen if certain things shifted. And more importantly, what you might do about it.

It looks like:
🌿The ability to read early signals
🌿The capacity to adapt when things shift
🌿A team that isn’t caught off guard when the winds change

None of this requires a special title.
It takes space.
Willingness.
Imagination.
And a bit of practice seeing the world through different lenses.
Every future begins in the mind of someone willing to imagine more.
No holograms required.

Curious about what scenario planning can do for your business or team? It's one of my favourite things to discuss - book a call.