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Three Horizons in practice.
A growing collection of stories showing how the Three Horizons framework is being used in practice to navigate complexity, reveal emerging possibilities and support more transformative action.
This library forms part of Future Stewards’ wider work to grow and share Three Horizons practice. Valconia is supporting its development by helping gather and shape real-world examples from practitioners across sectors, systems and communities.
An initiative in collaboration with Future Stewards
Building a Shared Language for Systemic Change at ClientEarth
How Dr Apolline Roger introduced the Three Horizons framework at ClientEarth, building a network of trained facilitators that spread a shared language for systemic change across teams, departments and the Board within a year.
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Bringing Three Horizons into Strategic Risk Practice
How Three Horizons can support risk leaders in building anticipatory capability — moving beyond backward-looking registers toward shared language for change, weak signals and timely action.
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A New Circular Vision
How Citrus Circular convened 60 participants across five workshops to vision a regenerative, circular future for the apparel industry.
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Towards Equitable Futures
How Watershed used the Three Horizons framework to open up a conversation about equity, power and the futures we want to grow together.
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Developing the Future Generations Report 2020
How the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner in Wales used Three Horizons to shape and write the statutory Future Generations Report 2020.
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Applying the Three Horizons Model to Nature-Positive Solutions
How BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt applied Three Horizons to explore nature-positive innovations as bridges from extractive systems to a regenerative future.
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Emerging Horizons: Youth Insights on Climate Change and Breakthrough Solutions
How UNICEF Innocenti used the Three Horizons framework with 100 young climate innovators from 63 countries during the Youth4Climate event in Rome.
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Research Bid: FixOurFood
How Three Horizons shaped a £6M UKRI research bid and ongoing programme to transform the Yorkshire food system towards regeneration.
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Shaping a Philanthropic Portfolio for Systemic Health Transformation
How Marion Birnstill used the Three Horizons Framework to guide the Johnson & Johnson Foundation's strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic, balancing immediate crisis response with long-term systemic health transformation.
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Selva Maya and MesoAmerican Reef
Bounce Beyond worked with The Nature Conservancy's Belize, Guatemala and Mexico teams, using the Three Horizons framework as an entry point to systems change exploration for the Selva Maya and MesoAmerican Reef region.
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Reconnecting Business to Nature Event
Impact Amplified organised an outdoor event for business leaders using the Three Horizons framework alongside the 9 Planetary Boundaries to explore moving beyond extractive practices toward more harmonious relationships with nature.
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Reimagining Democracy: Intergenerational Perspectives on the Future of Governance
UNICEF Innocenti engaged over 200 young people in a mixed-methods foresight process — workshops, surveys and Three Horizons-structured interviews — to surface youth perspectives on democracy and inform the 2024 Global Outlook report.
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