Futures and foresight experiences, workshops, and processes for cities and communities
How do we involve people in imagining and shaping the future of their cities and communities?
To build better cities that are resilient to social shifts, emerging technologies, and long-term challenges like climate change, top-down approaches are insufficient.
We need people who don’t just observe or react to change, but who actively engage in shaping their communities. An “active citizenry”, if you like. To create a future that is “good” for everyone, we need to expand who gets to imagine, shape, and influence the future.
That’s where I come in.
What I offer:
I help cities and communities engage citizens in what’s possible, using participatory, playful, experiential formats that show people they have the right, the ability, and the responsibility to be part of shaping what comes next. Instead of stopping at insight and reflection, my focus is on turning engagement into sense of agency, and action.
This kind of engagement doesn’t just inspire participation. It helps cities build trust, surface diverse perspectives, and create more robust, widely supported approaches to complex challenges.
I design and run participatory futures experiences for citizens, in collaboration with cities, institutions, and organisations. Together, we take foresight out of the boardroom and into schools, communities, and public spaces, democratising futures and creating space for imagination and possibility. Instead of abstract reports, we create places where cities, communities, and citizens can work together to drive change.
Outcomes of workshops and walkshops:
Depending on the goal of the engagement, these workshops can:
- Build a sense of agency in citizens (instead of apathy)
- Increase engagement with local social, environmental, and political issues
- Encourage individualand collective—action
- Create space for collaboration between institutions and communities
- Strengthen participation in local decision-making
- Support citizen engagement and trust-building
Popular formats
Participatory Futures Programmes:
Custom-designed programmes that use interactive, playful approaches that engage citizens with local challenges and opportunities.
Futures on Foot & Walk the Futures:
Place-based futures experiences that take place on foot, and that invite participants to explore possible futures in real-world environments, from climate adaptation to reimagining urban spaces.
Futures Literacy Labs:
Workshops that build futures thinking capabilities so citizens can better anticipate change and respond in their daily lives and communities.
Short workshops and talks:
Tailored to your event or session, for city and community teams, or citizen groups.
Think a conversation might be useful?
Strategic Futures & Facilitation
Futures and foresight processes for organisations navigating complex change, from horizon scanning to scenario development and strategic sense-making.
For organisations, cities, heritage sites, and communities.
Immersive & Experiential Futures
Place-based, multi-sensory futures experiences that bring possible futures to life, because sometimes futures need to be “felt”, not just analysed.
For teams, communities, and groups of curious people.
Interactive Futures Literacy
Participatory workshops and programmes that build futures thinking awareness, language, and confidence.
For teams, universities, communities, and organisations.
The Futures Fit Academy
Training, coaching, and mentoring for practitioners building skills in futures facilitation and foresight.
For in-house and independent practitioners.
Using Futures for Good: Consulting & Mentoring
When you want a thinking partner AND a facilitator. I come in, run sessions, listen carefully, participate in the conversation, offer provocations and perspectives, and help synthesise what emerges into something you can act on.
For groups, teams and organisations working on complex change who want genuine collaboration, not just process facilitation.
Talks & Thought Leadership
Keynotes, conference sessions, and public conversations on futures thinking, experiential futures, uncertainty, and participatory approaches to change.
For event organisers, conferences, and professional gatherings.
Need something else?
From designing multi-senstory artefacts "from the future" to experimental work that is playful, thought-provoking, uncertain, and (often!) fun, we're open to exploring new ideas and formats with you.
For individuals and groups looking to create something unusual.