Mapping the Present and the Future – through methods and tools such as the futures triangle and the futures landscape.

Anticipating the Future – through methods such as emerging issues analysis and the futures wheel.

Timing the Future – understanding the grand patterns of change, macrohistory and macrofutures.

Deepening the Future – through methods such as causal layered analysis and multiple selves theory.

Creating Alternatives to the Present – through methods such as scenarios and nuts and bolts.

Transforming the Present and Creating the Future – through visioning, backcasting, anticipatory action learning and the transcend conflict resolution method.