The Book: Three Horizons - The Patterning of Hope

In this beautifully illustrated book,  Bill Sharpe introduces the Three Horizons framework as a prompt for developing a ‘future consciousness’ – a rich and multi-faceted awareness of the future potential of the present moment – and explores how to put that awareness to work to create the futures we aspire to. 

10,000 Swamp Leaders Guest

In this episode of 10,000 Swamp Leaders, Bill Sharpe, co-founder of Future Stewards and co-creator of the Three Horizons framework, joins Rick Torseth to explore this approach to navigating complex, uncertain futures.

Together, they discuss how individuals and organisations can use the framework to build resilience, inspire hope, and adapt to today’s rapidly shifting landscape.

Bill introduces the idea of “future consciousness”—an awareness of future potential within the present moment—and shares his vision to create a global commons of practice, empowering people to lead transformational conversations about change.

The Futures Workshop Guest

In this episode of The Futures Workshop, Bill Sharpe, co-founder of Future Stewards and co-creator of the Three Horizons framework joins host Victoria Mulligan to talk about the Three Horizons tool.

Covering the origins of the tool, how Bill uses it in practice and what tips he has for faciliators and practitioners looking to adopt Three Horizons in their own work.

Kate Raworth: A Quick Video Introduction of Three Horizons

“I find the Three Horizons Framework a very useful tool for sharing with groups thinking about transformative change, so I made this 7 minute video as a summary introduction to the framework, including some questions that it helps to raise” – Kate Raworth

Nigel Topping: Three Horizon Thinking

“The Three Horizons framework allows us to see not only the future we want to create, but also how best to accelerate that change and ensure it’s not derailed by the dominant market mentality. For this example, we’ll look at the disruptive power of electric vehicles. ” – Nigel Topping

Evaluating Disruptive Innovation in the Age of Transition

In this Medium publication, Daniel Christian Wahl explores evaluating disruptive innovation in the age of transition. The image is from Daniel’s book, Designing Regenerative Cultures, Triarchy Press 2016.

Green Swans Book Club

Bill Sharpe,  co-founder of Future Stewards and co-creator of the Three Horizons framework, joined Louise Kjellerup Roper, CEO of Volans, to discuss his book, Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope, at the Green Swans Book Club.

Bill Sharpe explaining the Three Horizons

In this video the Luc Hoffmann Institute team and partners hear more from Bill about the ‘Three Horizons’ approach.