Helping Organisations Create Change
Jigsaw Foresight is a partnership between Dr Wendy Schultz and Victoria Ward. Victoria and Wendy built Jigsaw Foresight from deep foundations in academic futures research, practical work in business strategy and organisational change and storytelling, and wide experience in private sector, policy-making and non-profit team building. This collective approach is distinctive: a combination of research-based expertise across foresight, storytelling, change and knowledge management with a commitment to hands-on participation, and to building foresight fluency in whomever we work with. This is supported by a research and creative studio able to distil complex ideas into inspiring artefacts that bring change closer and inspire action; as well as a network of extraordinary Fellows.
Recent research areas include: the future of professional knowledge work in the age of AI; the emerging bio age; the next normal of work; leadership, ego, and decision-making; transformative investment.
Helping Organisations Create Change
Jigsaw Foresight is a partnership between Dr Wendy Schultz and Victoria Ward. Victoria and Wendy built Jigsaw Foresight from deep foundations in academic futures research, practical work in business strategy and organisational change and storytelling, and wide experience in private sector, policy-making and non-profit team building. This collective approach is distinctive: a combination of research-based expertise across foresight, storytelling, change and knowledge management with a commitment to hands-on participation, and to building foresight fluency in whomever we work with. This is supported by a research and creative studio able to distil complex ideas into inspiring artefacts that bring change closer and inspire action; as well as a network of extraordinary Fellows.
Recent research areas include: the future of professional knowledge work in the age of AI; the emerging bio age; the next normal of work; leadership, ego, and decision-making; transformative investment.
Meet the Team
Dr Wendy Schultz | Co Founder
Futures and Foresight Expert
Dr. Wendy Schultz has over 40 years of experience in global futures research and participatory foresight. She specializes in participatory futures methods and systems-informed foresight, designing workshops for organizations like the World Organization of Animal Health, the International Labor Organization, and the UN Office of the Secretary-General. Her sessions have trained policymakers, international agency teams, and military leaders across cities such as Geneva, Kuala Lumpur, and New York.
Her award-winning work has been published in Futures, Foresight, the Journal of Futures Studies, and The Handbook of Futures Studies. Wendy has lectured at the University of Houston, Nanyang Technological University, and the University of Turku.
She co-founded Jigsaw Foresight, directs Infinite Futures, and is a Fellow of several prestigious organizations, including the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the World Futures Studies Federation.
Victoria Ward | Co Founder
Organisational Change and Knowledge Management Expert, Leadership and Team Coach
Victoria works as coach, strategic adviser, convenor for, and companion to, those who seek to create lasting change, in themselves, in their teams and networks, in the organization as a whole, or in the system in which the organization plays a part. Her clients over a 27 year period have included multinational corporations – cultural institutions, development banks and agencies, academic institutions and projects and professional associations: World Health
Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Foundation for International Law for the Environment, The Law Society UK and Wales, Deep Transitions Lab.
James Stevens
Creative Strategist
James Stevens has diverse experience across a variety of industries, markets, challenges and outputs. He cut his teeth on Madison Ave, writing creative and marketing strategies for Fortune 500 clients, and managing quantitative and qualitative research studies. He has since directed his energies and interests to more particular projects & engagements. These have included: mass innovation workshops with ClientEarth (a legal charity using the power of the law to tackle the climate crises), rethinking e-commerce for Microsoft, positioning high-end French furniture for the North American market, branding a clean energy transportation solution for capital raising, and creating and editing a cycling lifestyle magazine.
Dr Peter Humphrey
Creative producer and researcher
Dr. Peter Humphrey is an interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Musicology and New Media from UC Berkeley, whose work sits at the intersection of art, history, technology, and media studies. His academic work blends creative inquiry with rigorous critical analysis, exploring the dynamic relationships between culture and technology. As a Director at Jigsaw Foresight, Dr. Humphrey is responsible for the comprehensive management of research programs, from initial design to final implementation. He oversees the development and maintenance of
Jigsaw Foresight’s Horizon Scanning infrastructure, managing a team of eight researchers and curating a database of over 2,000 entries. He places a strong emphasis on the synthesis and communication of complex ideas, producing concise reports and educational resources designed to facilitate understanding and collaboration among interdisciplinary teams.
Dr Trish O'Flynn
Interdisciplinary Researcher & Systems Thinker
Trish joined Jigsaw Foresight in 2021 and works on horizon scanning, synthesis, and analysis across various topics. After a 20-year career in policymaking and crisis management, she went to university for the first time in 2011, earning a Master’s degree and PhD in quick succession.
Trish’s foresight research involves reviewing academic and ‘grey’ literature to assess the current state of research. This includes early-stage trends that might indicate alternative future scenarios, challenging widely held assumptions. She applies systems thinking to produce insights across the Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Legal, and Political domains.
When reviewing evidence for policy and decision-making, Trish works with networks of experts to systematically identify the strengths and limitations of relevant evidence to support informed, transparent, and defendable recommendations for decision-makers.
Dr Caitlin McDonald
Digital Anthropologist
An award-winning researcher, an artist whose work has been featured in international digital art exhibitions, and a strategist with 10+ years’ experience across the private and public sectors researching and advising on socio-technical impacts. Caitlin brings ecosystems of interdisciplinary experts to facilitate knowledge exchange across academic, public, and private sector boundaries. This gives organisations the leading edge through boosting customer empathy, finding new solutions to old problems, and enriching the insight power of big data through multidisciplinary approaches. Her combined expertise gives her a uniquely balanced perspective for gleaning wisdom from the intersection between human imagination and digital systems.
Victoria Ward | Co Founder
Organisational Change and Knowledge Management Expert, Leadership and Team Coach
Victoria works as coach, strategic adviser, convenor for, and companion to, those who seek to create lasting change, in themselves, in their teams and networks, in the organization as a whole, or in the system in which the organization plays a part. Her clients over a 27 year period have included multinational corporations – cultural institutions, development banks and agencies, academic institutions and projects and professional associations: World Health
Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Foundation for International Law for the Environment, The Law Society UK and Wales, Deep Transitions Lab.
Dr Wendy Schultz | Co Founder
Futures and Foresight Expert
Dr. Wendy Schultz has over 40 years of experience in global futures research and participatory foresight. She specializes in participatory futures methods and systems-informed foresight, designing workshops for organizations like the World Organization of Animal Health, the International Labor Organization, and the UN Office of the Secretary-General. Her sessions have trained policymakers, international agency teams, and military leaders across cities such as Geneva, Kuala Lumpur, and New York.
Her award-winning work has been published in Futures, Foresight, the Journal of Futures Studies, and The Handbook of Futures Studies. Wendy has lectured at the University of Houston, Nanyang Technological University, and the University of Turku.
She co-founded Jigsaw Foresight, directs Infinite Futures, and is a Fellow of several prestigious organizations, including the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the World Futures Studies Federation.
James Stevens
Creative Strategist
James Stevens has diverse experience across a variety of industries, markets, challenges and outputs. He cut his teeth on Madison Ave, writing creative and marketing strategies for Fortune 500 clients, and managing quantitative and qualitative research studies. He has since directed his energies and interests to more particular projects & engagements. These have included: mass innovation workshops with ClientEarth (a legal charity using the power of the law to tackle the climate crises), rethinking e-commerce for Microsoft, positioning high-end French furniture for the North American market, branding a clean energy transportation solution for capital raising, and creating and editing a cycling lifestyle magazine.
Dr Peter Humphrey
Creative producer and researcher
Dr. Peter Humphrey is an interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Musicology and New Media from UC Berkeley, whose work sits at the intersection of art, history, technology, and media studies. His academic work blends creative inquiry with rigorous critical analysis, exploring the dynamic relationships between culture and technology. As a Director at Jigsaw Foresight, Dr. Humphrey is responsible for the comprehensive management of research programs, from initial design to final implementation. He oversees the development and maintenance of
Jigsaw Foresight’s Horizon Scanning infrastructure, managing a team of eight researchers and curating a database of over 2,000 entries. He places a strong emphasis on the synthesis and communication of complex ideas, producing concise reports and educational resources designed to facilitate understanding and collaboration among interdisciplinary teams.
Dr Trish O'Flynn
Interdisciplinary Researcher & Systems Thinker
Trish joined Jigsaw Foresight in 2021 and works on horizon scanning, synthesis, and analysis across various topics. After a 20-year career in policymaking and crisis management, she went to university for the first time in 2011, earning a Master’s degree and PhD in quick succession.
Trish’s foresight research involves reviewing academic and ‘grey’ literature to assess the current state of research. This includes early-stage trends that might indicate alternative future scenarios, challenging widely held assumptions. She applies systems thinking to produce insights across the Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Legal, and Political domains.
When reviewing evidence for policy and decision-making, Trish works with networks of experts to systematically identify the strengths and limitations of relevant evidence to support informed, transparent, and defendable recommendations for decision-makers.
Dr Caitlin McDonald
Organisational Change and Knowledge Management Expert, Leadership and Team Coach
Victoria works as coach, strategic adviser, convenor for, and companion to, those who seek to create lasting change, in themselves, in their teams and networks, in the organization as a whole, or in the system in which the organization plays a part. Her clients over a 27 year period have included multinational corporations – cultural institutions, development banks and agencies, academic institutions and projects and professional associations: World Health
Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Foundation for International Law for the Environment, The Law Society UK and Wales, Deep Transitions Lab.
Jigsaw Foresight Network Fellows
Among our extensive network, some of the people we work closely with include:
Dr Charles Ebikeme | Researcher and writer
Subject matter expertise includes: global health and program evaluation
Dr. Jordi Serra del Pino | Futures and foresight consultant and educator
Subject matter expertise includes: futures, strategy and intelligence for public administrations and the financial, energy and transportation sectors
Dr Gary Kass | Sustainability scientist and knowledge broker
Subject matter expertise includes: foresight in a science and nature based context
Jim Scopes | Strategy and change consultant
Subject matter expertise includes: foresight, programme management, governance, assurance and taxation
Andrew Marcus | Communications & change Consultant
Specialising in: communications, marketing, brand strategy, transformation, and change.
Andrew previously served as the Marketing, Communications, and Digital Director at the Museum of London.