The Futures Wheel was developed by Jerome Glenn in the early 1970s to systematize the complex consequences of an event. This event forms the starting point of a thought process that is often carried out in a group or workshop setting. The first step is to consider the immediate (primary) consequences of the occurrence of the event in question. In a second step, the (secondary) consequences that these immediate consequences could lead to are then discussed. This is usually repeated up to a third level, more rarely up to a fourth level, whereby the consequences are arranged in a circle around the initial event at the center.
A more detailed description of the Futures Wheel can be found here:
- Glenn, Jerome C. 2009. „The Futures Wheel“. In Futures Research Methodology - Version 3.0, edited by Jerome C Glenn and Theodore J Gordon. Washington, DC: Millennium Project.
In the Z-T-G context, the Futures Wheel is used in the Z-T-G 004 AI Privacy project.
