Three Horizons is a simple, intuitive framework for thinking about the
future. But it is about much more than simply stretching our thinking to
embrace the short, medium and long term. Three Horizons is a prompt for
developing a 'future consciousness' - a rich, multi-faceted awareness of
the future potential of the present moment.
This book explores how to put that awareness to work, so we can create
the futures we aspire to. It first outlines the Three Horizons framework
and practices, including case studies of its application in community
development, education and healthcare. The final section explores Bill
Sharpe's intuition "that we have... a far deeper capacity for shared
life than we are using, and that we are suffering from an attempt to
know our way into the future instead of live our way". Here he outlines
the potential of future consciousness as a shared cultural practice to
guide society towards a third horizon that is the patterning of our
mutual hopes.