Know the unknowns
sooner.
“Valerie’s articulations of ‘what’s to come’ are exceptional, but she also goes further to describe why and how it’s coming.”
—Joel Kashuba, Chief Design Officer 5/3 Bank
Truth is: trend cycles have never been shorter, sub-cultures have never been flatter, and the far-off future? It’s coming quicker and quicker.
Assessing the landscape to understand emergent forces and their potential implications has never been more challenging, nor more crucial.
VJF has solved for these new dynamics with a unique, proven methodology that draws on decades of thought leadership and applied expertise in trend forecasting and strategic foresight. Our approach spots relevant signals earlier on, allowing you to see the future sooner and plan with ample time to activate.
We also account for the limited lens often used in futures work. Instead of looking in and downward, we help you see out, unpacking preexisting assumptions, eliminating blind spots and broadening your future view.
Services
FOR BUSINESSES
Futures Thinking Training
Adopt Future Fluency in-house. Unify and empower your team with hands-on immersion in the basics and applicable techniques of trend forecasting and strategic foresight. Give them the tools to approach specific initiatives with a future-focused lens, as well as rewire their general approach to problem-solving and strategic planning.
Futurist-in-Residence
Ongoing, on-demand expertise. Maximize your access to VJF with a short- or long-term residency, giving your organization continuous exposure and in-depth training with Valerie for coaching, strategic ideation, forecasting, thought leadership and more.
Bespoke Forecasting
Custom predictions, engineered for action. Identify the emergent trends and sociocultural forces specific to your business, producing nuanced forecasts that enliven the possibilities that may land on your business and act as a guide for smart decision-making.
Strategic & Leadership Consulting
Future-proof your leadership. Shape strategy and decision-making that’s both resilient and visionary. Through tailored counsel and collaborative sessions, Valerie helps leaders and teams navigate complexity, align around long-term opportunities, and act with confidence in the face of uncertainty.
Keynotes
FOR BUSINESSES
The Prosperity Imperative
The secret to a purposeful future? Living in the present with a broadened view. In her most-requested flagship talk, discover Valerie’s four-part framework for expanding your perspective beyond individual bias and preconceived assumptions, empowering you to shape a more connected, purposeful—and prosperous—future.
What the Future Wants From You
Feeling fatigued? Fight the urge to ignore the unfolding future, instead embracing it with open arms. By shifting focus from simply predicting trends to asking what the future needs from us, you can reclaim individual agency and stay grounded in a world of incessant change.
Finding Meaning & Motivation Amidst Uncertainty
One thing’s certain: we’re living through astoundingly uncertain times. Blending immersive research with practical tools, begin to navigate disruption and burnout by cultivating self-awareness, redefining productivity and finding a renewed sense of purpose.
The Inspiration Equation:
How Being a Bad, Boring Faker Will Unlock Your Creativity
Creativity isn’t an indulgence—it’s a repeatable practice. By embracing ways of being "bad," "boring," and even a "faker," you can unlock a consistent wellspring of fulfilling, frame-breaking work.
Uncovering Your Prescient Essence
The secret of ultra-successful people: they perceive uncertainty as possibility. In this mini-masterclass, Valerie helps you tap into your innate ability to uncover hidden patterns, sense what's emerging and translate it into inspired action for tomorrow.
Workshops
FOR TEAMS & INDIVIDUALS
The Prosperity Imperative
From Perception to Purpose—Awakening the Future Within
As a companion to the keynote The Prosperity Imperative, this workshop takes participants deeper into Valerie’s four-part framework for expanding perception and uncovering purpose. Through guided exercises, dialogue, and futures-driven tools, you’ll learn to break free from limiting mindsets, broaden your field of vision, and connect everyday choices to long-term meaning. The result: a practical, personal capacity to awaken the future within and act with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Hindsight > Insight > Foresight:
Designing an Intentional Future
You can’t activate the future without acknowledging the past and present. It’s the crux of VJF’s approach to future-forward strategy and the theme of this eye-opening workshop. Learn how to harness a structured, data-driven process to analyze the past, clarify the present, and create a tangible action plan for intentionally designing your future.
The Basics: Trend Forecasting 101
Need to establish your baseline before pursuing more complex projects? In this back-to-basics workshop, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of trend forecasting—from the philosophy to hands-on mechanics and applications. Leave with the mindset and tools to view the world as a futurist, assessing everyday occurrences and decision-making with an optimistic, future-forward lens.
Pricing
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