Vital Futures
Make sense of change. Focus your actions. Make them stick.
Strategic Foresight, Strategic Planning & Change Management for higher ed, non-profits, and purpose-led organizations.
Strategic Foresight, Strategic Planning & Change Management
work best when they’re connected from the start, not pieced together by different consultancies.
Book a 30-minute call with us if:
Change is moving faster than your plans. AI, shifting markets, and constant disruption are reshaping your environment faster than you can reshape your strategy.
You want time to focus on your business and translate your values into concrete next steps without losing sight of the day-to-day.
Your digital transformation and change projects aren’t meeting their potential, and wasted effort isn’t an option.
You’ve tried expensive trend reports, consultants who didn’t appreciate your mission, and aspirational plans that didn’t offer real direction.
Vital Futures can help your values-led company navigate change through:
Strategic foresight to test your assumptions about the future, spot emerging opportunities, and recognize the biggest risks to your business
Strategic planning (not the dusty binder kind) to focus on the opportunities that most merit your time and resources
Change management to unlock stalled transformation, increase adoption by your team of your best ideas, and increase project goal realization by up to 7X
What People Are Saying
“This was the best business strategy session I’ve ever had. It opened up possibilities I would never have imagined.” - Jessica De Castro, Coello Creative Agency
“The session focused on how to think about AI in a way that’s practical and aligned with our roles. The mix of reflection, discussion, and the exercise made it relevant and applicable, not just theoretical." - Shawn McKillop, Senior VP, Communications & Digital Transformation, YMCA-HBB
“Your strategic planning process centred around our values and guided us to create a roadmap that was ambitious and achievable. You listened deeply yet challenged us appropriately. In the end, your process brought out the best in our team, and helped us to shape a strategic path that was a great fit for us.” - Kerry, University of Waterloo
“Thanks again Liz for your great facilitation and guidance in Foresight. I particularly appreciated your creativity in adapting this framework to our unique project. MOST EXCITINGLY I look forward to using these toward our planning going forward. Can't wait to dig in on that.”
- Member, the Community Permaculture Lab
Our Services
Interactive Workshop: Questions to Ask Before Implementing AI
You are: Uncertain how to approach AI strategically & don’t want to be in the 95% of companies with no appreciable return on AI projects (MIT study, 2025)
You’ve tried: Waiting for clarity, using AI now and sorting out risk later
You’ll get: An interactive session to help you plan strategic AI integration, spot opportunities, and avoid unnecessary risk
Price: $500 - $1,200 + travel, depending on length and level of interactivity
Innovation Catalyst
You are: A product/innovation team that wants a quick catalyst to spot emerging needs
You’ve tried: AI prompts, brainstorms, external trend reports
You’ll get: A full-participation session for creating breakthrough ideas
Price: $289/80-minute virtual session
Horizon Advantage: Strategic Planning
You are: A leader who wants to focus actions on key risks and opportunities
You’ve tried: Long priority lists that don’t get accomplished, annual retreats with vague takeaways
You’ll get: A concrete strategic plan, grounded in foresight, to clarify decision-making. Optional extra: a structured, Prosci approach to the people side of change management.
Price: $200/hour
Possibility Party
You are: A leader who wants to engage your team, board, partners, or stakeholders in bridging long-term vision with present-day action
You’ve tried: Retreats and team building that didn’t draw on your team’s intelligence
You’ll get: Facilitation that kick-starts creative thinking, fosters collaboration, and expands participants’ thinking of what is possible
Starting at: $660