three horizons

a framework for visualizing/navigating change/actions across different future horizons, hopefully orienting action towards more desirable futures.

a good video introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5KfRQJqpPU

a good article introduction: https://www.h3uni.org/tutorial/three-horizons/

more detailed:

an application example:


different tools for working with these horizons:

the space of dilemmas that often emerge when working with the horizons:

example of other tools being used alongside it:

image sources + useful descriptions: https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol21/iss2/art47/

for more, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Horizons