Put The Future on the Agenda

Why Strategic Foresight Belongs in the Boardroom

In a world of accelerating disruption, short-term wins, and quarterly panic, Put the Future on the Agenda is a bold invitation to reclaim the long view.
Futures Literacy gives you those building blocks to start to read the future so that you can use the models to make substantial plans to craft your preferred future.

This is not your typical business book. Framed as a fictional board meeting with characters you’ll recognize from your own leadership circles, futurist Charlotte Kemp weaves narrative and strategy into an engaging call to action. Through sharp insights, provocative questions, and practical tools, this book helps decision-makers bring futures thinking into the heart of governance, leadership, and culture.

You’ll discover:
✔ Why strategic foresight is an ethical and fiduciary responsibility
✔ How to identify and address organizational blind spots
✔ Tools like the Strategic Abstention Ledger and Kill Your Darlings Committee
✔ Ways to democratize futures thinking across your company
✔ The deeper power dynamics of time and agenda-setting
✔ How to embed futures literacy into leadership development and succession planning

Whether you’re a CEO, board chair, strategist, or change-maker, this book will help you transform your agenda from reactive to visionary.

The decisions made today will define the world tomorrow. The future deserves more than a paragraph in your report. It belongs on the agenda.

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This content is part of the Boardroom Briefs series. You can find the other titles, and 2 keynote presentations, on the main page.

Testimonials from Clients

★★★★★ 5/5

I've just seen Charlotte present at a virtual conference and she was brilliant. It's always hard to keep the attention of an audience on Zoom and Charlotte had such an interesting presentation that people could not tune out for even a minute. As a futurist, she got me thinking about my business and what my next steps would be for me. If you are looking for an engaging speaker, Charlotte Kemp is the one for you.

I have attended webinars hosted by Charlotte and I have found them to be detailed, insightful, and useful for both professionals as well as people who are just beginning their futures journey. The sessions are moderated in a way that participants also get to put forward their viewpoints. I strongly recommend working with her and look forward to more learning events with her in the near future.

Charlotte presented her concept of " A Map, Compass and Guide to managing the future" to TFG's entire Marketing community. Her talk was both insightful and inspiring - we all gained something that we could implement, be it in our work or personal lives. She provided us with a solid set of tools so that one can face the future with more confidence, make more informed decisions, and feel some peace and certainty in the midst of other people’s chaos. Charlotte made 'preparing for future change' seem so easy to do. It takes real smarts to make something potentially so complex seem so easy/simple.