Microfuture – 2036 Foresight-Based Web Series
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about the web series, foresight or how to incorporate strategic foresight into your team or company? Have questions I didn’t answer, please reach out!
What is Microfuture?
Set in Wichita, KS in 2036 and told through Sylvie’s social media feed, this animated series explores what happens when familiar systems collapse, regulations lag, and convenience quietly becomes control.
Microfuture is a first‑of‑its‑kind foresight series that unfolds across ten weeks of episodes, each rooted in emerging trends already taking shape today.
New episodes are posted weekly from February 10 – April 14, 2026. Follow along on YouTube or LinkedIn.
What is a foresight-based animated web series?
Foresight helps us spot early signs of change and understand how today’s shifts could shape tomorrow. It looks beyond the immediate moment to identify emerging trends, signals of change, new behaviors, and evolving values. The goal is simple: prepare for uncertainty, see what’s coming, and make smarter decisions now so we’re ready for what’s next.
A foresight-based series uses these tools to develop a scenario. In this case, the scenario is broken up into a ten episode web series. The purpose of breaking it up is to make the future scenario feel less overwhelming.
This also gives the audience time to understand and absorb this new future, including discussing what opportunities exist or blind spots they aren’t anticipating.
Can you help my team plan for the future?
Yes! This web series is meant to demonstrate how foresight is a practical tool for strategic planning. Your team can use this series to open up conversations about what’s changing today and how it could impact your plans for the future.
If you’d like help planning or facilitating these conversations, I’d love to be involved! Please reach out and we can discuss specifics and build a plan that fits your budget, time and team.
What if your prediction is wrong?
The point of this series and foresight in general is not to predict the future. It’s to imagine one possible future. There are many systems that are in flux today that could shift and change next month, next year, and in ten years (or more).
When we take the time to immerse in one future, our brains will not only prepare for that future, but it will also become aware of other changes already happening today.
By bringing strategic foresight to your team or company, you will build a more resilient, creative and curious team that is not only prepared for the future, but actively watching for changes around them to embed in and use to stress test your long-term planning.
Signals of Change
Signals of change are early signs that something new is emerging, such as a shift in technology, policy, behavior, or culture. They’re often subtle, easy to overlook, and appear only once, but they hint at much larger changes ahead.
Emerging Trends
Emerging trends are early patterns that show where change is heading. They’re not fully formed, but they reveal shifts in values, behaviors, and approaches that are starting to take hold. Unlike established, data‑backed trends, emerging trends are still evolving, which is why many organizations overlook them.
Future Scenario
A foresight-based scenario is a grounded, imaginative look at how today’s signals, human behaviors, values and emerging trends could evolve into a future world. It’s not a prediction; it’s a tool for exploring possibilities, testing decisions, and understanding how different choices might shape what comes next.
Present-Day Bias
Present‑day bias is the tendency to focus on what’s happening right now and assume the future will look the same. It makes us overlook early signals, underestimate long‑term change, and miss possibilities that don’t fit today’s reality.