How To Synthesize the Future - Digital Edition

Synthesizing Futures is a methodology by Futurity Systems to help innovators, creators, designers and strategist to actively co-create our futures. Our approach tackles futures from a truly multidisciplinary lens, encompassing business, strategy, design, science, and engineering that is reflected in the combined decades of experience in innovation, deep tech analysis, and design.

This isn't another think-piece about "trends" or fluffy vision boards.  This is a practical, step-by-step playbook for anyone who needs to navigate uncertainty and build things that don't exist yet.

The 4-Step Synthesizing Futures Methodology:

STEP 1: Your Map – Expand your futurescape map to understand what your future
STEP 2: Your Story – Build compelling worlds through microfiction and worldbuilding
STEP 3: Your Artifact – Prototype conceptual and tangible objects from your imagined future
STEP 4: Your Plan – Backcast and create actionable roadmaps from future to present

Authors: Cecilia MoSze Tham, Mark Bünger

Cover: Cecilia MoSze Tham

Editor: Lisa Goldapple

Book Designer: Tomoko Sakamoto

Worksheet Designer: Alina Kobus

Contributors: Tom Chi , Ryan North , Bill O'Connor , Timmy Ghiurau , EU Policy Lab , Phil Balagtas