Have you ever felt like your workday is just a relentless trek through a thick, tangled jungle? You're so busy dodging daily fires and hacking through red tape that the very idea of looking at the horizon—let alone the stars—seems like a luxury you can't afford. This feeling isn't just burnout; it’s a symptom of being trapped in a specific spatial reality that dictates how you see the future.

In this episode, we explore a profound conversation between Sohail Inayatullah and John A. Sweeney about evolving the "strategic landscape" model. We unpack how organizations can move beyond the "jungle" of competition and the "chessboard" of cold strategy to reach the "mountain tops" of scenarios and the "star" of core vision. The authors argue that the real tragedy of modern foresight is when it becomes purely strategic—a zero-sum game of optimization—rather than transformative. To change the future, they suggest, we must first change the "self" and the deep metaphors we live by.

Tune in as we discuss how to put space back into time and find the energy for genuine systemic transformation.

Ref:
Sohail Inayatullah, John A. Sweeney. From Strategic to Transformative Foresight: Using Space to Transform Time. World Futures Review, 13(1), 2021, 27–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1946756720971743