The future is not something you manage.

It’s something you shape.

Because futures are made, not forcasted.

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What We Offer

Each question deserves a different kind of futures approach. These engagements are designed to meet you where you are — and help you move toward where you want to go.

  • What it is
    Design Labs are focused, hands-on engagements that combine foresight and design thinking to turn future possibilities into tangible directions. They are used when organizations want to explore what could exist, and begin shaping what should — across product, service, and policy contexts.

    When this is useful

    • When teams need space to think beyond current constraints

    • When alignment and shared understanding matter

    • When exploration needs to happen before decisions are locked in

    What this creates
    Clear, future-oriented directions, including concept notes, MVP ideas, prototypes, and strategic design options — that teams can develop, test, and take forward with confidence.

  • What it is
    Organizational Futures brings foresight into strategy. It helps organizations ask big questions, challenge assumptions, and explore how different futures could shape long-term direction.

    When this is useful

    • During periods of transition, growth, or uncertainty

    • When long-term direction feels unclear or contested

    • When strategy needs to account for complexity, not simplify it away

    What this creates
    Clear strategic direction grounded in preferred futures — including shared narratives, scenario-informed insights, and choices that guide decision-making over time.

  • What it is
    Futures Literacy builds the capability to think critically and creatively about the future. This work focuses on learning, development, and shared futures language within teams and organizations.

    When this is useful

    • When futures thinking needs to live beyond a single project

    • When teams want practical tools to navigate change themselves

    • When learning and development needs to go beyond skills training

    What this creates
    Greater confidence, better questions, new skills, and the ability to engage with uncertainty in a more deliberate and reflective way.

  • What it is
    Bespoke Engagements are designed for situations where the question itself is still emerging. This work helps teams slow down, make sense of complexity, and explore what really needs attention.

    When this is useful

    • When there’s a sense that something needs attention, but it’s not yet clear what

    • When challenges are political, complex, or hard to name

    • When standard formats feel premature or limiting

    What this creates
    Clarity about the real issue at hand — and a shared understanding of what matters, why it matters, and what deserves attention.

  • What it is
    Ongoing strategic foresight support for leaders and teams navigating complexity over time.

    When this is useful

    • When futures thinking needs to inform real decisions

    • When leadership wants a sounding board, not a script

    • When reflection and challenge are as important as advice

    What this creates
    Better questions, stronger judgment, and decisions that hold up beyond the next quarter.

  • What it is
    Futures work at the individual level — focused on direction, identity, and long-term choices.

    When this is useful

    • During moments of transition or uncertainty

    • When conventional career planning falls short

    • When you want space to think beyond what feels “realistic”

    What this creates
    Clarity, agency, and a broader sense of what might be possible — on your own terms.

  • What it is
    Talks designed to stretch thinking, challenge assumptions, and open up new ways of seeing the future.

    When this is useful

    • Conferences, retreats, and leadership events

    • When inspiration needs intellectual depth

    • When you want more than trend lists and hype

    What this creates
    Energy, curiosity, and conversations that continue well after the session ends.

Our Process

Across all engagements, the work follows a shared orientation rather than a fixed formula.
The shape adapts to the question, the context, and the people involved — but it always involves the following.

Clarify what Matters

We begin by understanding the real question — not just the stated problem. This often means slowing down, listening carefully, and surfacing assumptions that shape how the situation is understood.

Explore Pasts and Futures

We examine how inherited histories, narratives, and emerging change shape what futures feel imaginable. This is where imagination, systems thinking, and foresight come together.

Make Sense Together

Insight is built collaboratively. We surface patterns, tensions, and implications together — in ways that are shared, transparent, and grounded in your reality.

Move Forward with Intention

Our work leads to clear direction — whether that’s strategy, learning, design choices, or tangible next steps — shaped by reflection and purpose.

  • "Romano's expertise in strategic foresight and futures studies proved invaluable in helping our organization anticipate market trends and design forward-thinking solutions for our clients."

    Director of Business Development

  • "I reached out to Romano to support our non profit’s annual management retreat. It was during an exceptionally turbulent year and I was grateful for Romano’s listening to our needs and his clear recommendations for how we could make the most of our day together."

    Senior Leader, International Non-Profit

  • "Romano created a safe space that we were able to ask the difficult questions and imagine big and small ideas of the future."

    Deputy director in International Development

  • "I was very skeptical at first, but Romano made the complexity approachable and fun and left us with tangible next steps."

    Senior R&D Manager in Agricultural Technology

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