The Three Horizons framework is a simple yet powerful tool used to facilitate conversations about the future.
The framework brings together diverse perspectives and creates a shared language for discussing present challenges and emerging opportunities.
It’s particularly useful in guiding groups towards meaningful action in complex environments, making it applicable across business, policy, and community contexts.
By working with Three Horizons, we can:
- Diagnose complex challenges – Mapping change dynamics, recognising patterns in complexity, and identifying opportunities for transformation.
- Engage different perspectives – Opening up conversations that bring together diverse voices, fostering shared understanding, and enabling more inclusive decision-making.
- Navigate disagreement and uncertainty – Seeing beyond immediate tensions to uncover underlying shifts and emerging possibilities.
- Develop future consciousness – Strengthening awareness of how today’s choices shape tomorrow and using that insight to inform action.
- Generate hope, agency, and action – Revealing possibilities for change, building momentum, and identifying strategic pathways forward.
Learn about the origins of Three Horizons.
The following introductory video provides an overview of the framework: