Introduction toAnticipating Futures

Anticipating Futures is a Brisbane-based futures and foresight consultancy, specialising in helping organisations and individuals navigate emergent and complex challenges. The consultancy applies a range of innovative futures thinking tools, agile methods, and theories to provide comprehensive training and research that enable organisations to thrive in a time of rapid change.

Anticipating Futures leverages a deep understanding of the dynamics shaping future outcomes, helping organisations explore the pushes of the present, the pulls of the future, and the weights of the past. This approach invites diverse perspectives and fresh solutions to complex problems. By exploring underlying narratives and assumptions, Anticipating Futures enables organisations to reframe challenges and uncover opportunities for systemic transformation.

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Change your story, change your future.

Dr. Jeanne Hoffman, the founder of Anticipating Futures, uses her extensive experience in government, education, and cutting-edge research to offer bespoke consulting, training, and research services. With these services, organisations are empowered to tackle obstacles and take collective action toward a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable future. Through this blend of futures thinking and transformative foresight, Anticipating Futures serves as a powerful partner in creating long-lasting, positive impact across societies and organisations.

OurMission

We empower individuals and organisations to reframe the future using a democratic process of dialogue and creative collaboration. By challenging the default "business as usual" approach, we uncover critical blind spots, reduce uncertainty, and identify opportunities for growth and innovation. Our goal is to create shared understanding, turn visions into actionable realities, and make life more meaningful, inspired, and charming.

OurServices

A wide range of services is available. Contact me for a 30-minute consultation to determine which are best suited for your needs:

Masterclass in Futures Thinking and Strategy Transformation
Visioning
Emerging Issues Analysis
Horizon and Environmental Scanning
Scenario Development
Strategic Foresight and Planning
Trauma-Informed Planning
Transformative Foresight
Inner and External Causal Layered Analysis
Foresight Audit

Why Choose Anticipating Futures?

At Anticipating Futures, we don’t just help you plan for the future—we empower you to shape it. Here’s why clients trust us:

1. Proven Expertise

Led by Dr. Jeanne Hoffman, an award-winning futurist with over 20 years of global experience, we bring unparalleled knowledge in futures thinking, foresight, and strategy transformation.

2. Innovative Tools and Methods

We use cutting-edge frameworks like Causal Layered Analysis, the Futures Triangle, and Transformative Foresight to uncover blind spots, anticipate disruptions, and unlock opportunities.

3. Personalized, Human-Centered Approach

Every engagement is tailored to your unique needs, with a focus on collaboration, inclusivity, and empowering your team to take action.

4. Results That Matter

Our approach reduces uncertainty, inspires creative solutions, and helps you turn vision into reality—whether that’s through robust strategies, transformational leadership development, or innovative problem-solving.

5. Commitment to Equity and Sustainability

We’re passionate about shaping futures that are not only successful but also equitable, inclusive, and sustainable for all.

Choose Anticipating Futures to gain the foresight, confidence, and tools to navigate complexity and create the future you prefer.

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Testimonials

I have worked with Professor Jeanne Hoffman now for over 10 years. I had the pleasure of supervising for her brilliant phd on the futures of China. Since then she has gone from strength to strength, even winning teacher of the year award while working at Tamkang University in Taiwan.

Not only is she a great teacher but she published widely in numerous journal including the Journal of Futures Studies, Futures, and World Futures Review.

We look forward to her continued cutting edge contributions to creating alternative and preferred futures.”

Sohail Inayatullah

UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies

Working with Jeanne was a game changer for our strategic planning process. Her approach deeply resonated with me, emphasizing the importance of recognizing that achieving the desired future is an inner journey as much as understanding the ever-changing business environment. Her engaging and thought-provoking presentation style made the whole experience a true delight and fundamentally shifted the way I think about the future.

Peter Moorhouse

Workshop Participant

Prof. Hoffman was my favorite teacher. Her dynamic teaching style always kept us on our toes (in a good way!). She fostered an interactive environment that encouraged lively discussions and creative thinking. She always used humor and excitement to teach complex topics which made the class both enjoyable and interesting.

What made Prof. Hoffman’s class special was the way she challenged the assumptions that shape our perspectives. Prof. Hoffman instilled in us the belief that we have the power to create our own futures and overcome the limitations imposed by our inner narratives.

Lin, Claire (Kai-Ming)

former student, Tamkang University

Shaping the Future Today:

Empowering Leaders and Organisations to Navigate Change with Foresight and Confidence