The world is shifting faster than most organisations can adapt — climate shocks, AI disruption, geopolitical instability, social change. Complexity grows, trust erodes, and the future feels harder to navigate. Foresight should help — not by predicting, but by preparing. Yet today’s foresight practices often fall short:
Black-box AI and fixed frameworks that don’t adapt.
of leaders report increased data has actually reduced their confidence in decision-making.
(Oracle)
Expert-only systems that fail to scale across organisations.
Activities have devolved from rigorous processes into 'company speeches, workshops and lightweight scenarios that lack rigor'"
(WEF)
Expert-only systems that fail to scale across organisations.
Only 50% of business leaders believe their organisations can adequately anticipate external shocks"
(McKinsey)
L-I-F-T is a collaborative foresight platform (currently in development) that helps strategy, innovation, and policy teams navigate uncertainty and prepare for multiple futures. Instead of static reports or opaque dashboards, it turns futures thinking into a structured, participatory practice:
Combine reports, APIs, social media, and internal sources using an extended STEEP lens .
(Science, Society, Technology, Environment, Economy, Politics).
Organise signals, surface patterns, and highlight what’s strategically relevant to your context.
Share boards, challenge assumptions, and co-develop scenarios across teams and leadership.
Build a living, traceable record of how decisions are informed and how thinking evolves.
Turn uncertainty into opportunity.
Scan horizons, validate assumptions, and de-risk investments — connecting today’s experiments to tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
Align decisions with shifting realities.
Move from reactive planning to anticipatory strategy by linking weak signals to strategic choices.
Make foresight transparent and accountable.
Engage citizens and stakeholders in participatory futures work that builds trust and legitimacy.
Navigate systemic challenges.
Map interdependencies, anticipate impacts, and design adaptive interventions across borders and sectors.
LIFT makes foresight practical, participatory, and powerful. These examples show how it can be applied across sectors:
"Exploring conditions that shape the way how people travel"
Tourism hotspots around the world are reaching breaking point. Cities and coastal areas are overcrowded, locals push back against hotel expansion, and tourists themselves feel they are part of the problem..
"Adapting core business in the shift from combustion to electric mobility"
A manufacturer of car components (brakes, exhausts, filters) built for combustion engines is under pressure as electric vehicles rise. Demand for some products will shrink, but new needs may emerge...
"Anticipating conditions that shape childhood survival"
LIFT helps organisations move from reactive to proactive strategies by tracking signals, exploring what-ifs, and coordinating aid through a systems lens.
"Creating post-car futures that citizens actually support"
LIFT supports urban planners in exploring mobility transitions by mapping tensions, simulating trade-offs, and aligning future visions with local realities—making participatory planning more robust and less polarising.
"Developing mental health technology that balances scale with responsibility"
LIFT supports innovation teams in navigating ethical uncertainty, identifying emerging risks, and aligning development with clinical and social trust.
"Turning fragmented efforts into systemic strategies"
LIFT helps foundations surface interdependencies, align programmes, and support collective action that avoids duplication and scales impact.
"Helping governments explore trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation"
LIFT enables policy labs to explore plausible scenarios grounded in climate, economic, and social realities—turning complexity into actionable foresight.
"Coordinating diverse actors across city systems"
LIFT facilitates collective sensemaking, helping multi-stakeholder groups uncover shared risks and align action to strengthen urban resilience.
Join the early access programme, explore partnership opportunities, become part of our team, or simply get in touch.