In episode one we meet Bill Sharpe, who tells us about his Three Horizons tool. We talk about 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.This was an interesting and inspiring conversation! As with all our interviews it’s designed with the professional futures practitioner in mind, though if you’re new to the area this is a great place to start - Bill tells me Three Horizons is a great ‘first tool’, to help audiences understand futures, but also to equip somebody hired into a future facing role to hit the ground running on day one.We hope you enjoy this episode. We’re new to podcasting so please bear with us through any technical bugs or oversights - most importantly please let us know what you think of the podcast, good or bad, and we’ll work on incorporating your feedback into future episodes. To our Northern Hemisphere listeners including Bill, thank you for hanging in there with this thick New Zealand accent!And now, please enjoy our conversation with Bill Sharpe. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefuturesworkshop.substack.com

Hello and kia ora to futures thinkers around the world.I’m Victoria Mulligan from Aotearoa-New Zealand launching, with great excitement, my new futures podcast out into the world.In the coming weeks I’ll share my conversations with the world’s leading futurists, challenging them to each select one futures tool to share with our global audience of practitioners.Each episode will feature a new one-on-one (two-on-one if you count my producer/husband who sometimes chips in) with an international guest, followed by a second mid-week mini-episode in which you’ll have the opportunity to experience the tool in practice, using what we’ve learnt from our interview.This podcast is aimed at existing futures practitioners of all levels, at people running strategic foresight in companies and other organisations, and at anyone who’s heard about this area of “futures studies” and wants to find out more. I chose this format because, as a futures consultant myself, I often hear that people want to incorporate more futures thinking into their work but aren’t sure where to start - or they’ve come across a certain tool or approach but don’t quite have the knowledge, experience or confidence to make sure they’re doing it right.This podcast is for you! (And, for me!) Here they are, the tools you need to imagine and shape the future, presented to you with love by the people who created them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefuturesworkshop.substack.com