Put The Future on the Agenda

Why Strategic Foresight Belongs in the Boardroom

By: Charlotte Kemp

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

By Charlotte Kemp, The Futures Alchemist

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.

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 organisational blind spots
✔ Tools like the Strategic Abstention Ledger and Kill Your Darlings Committee
✔ Ways to democratise 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.