# Futures Wheel Useful method for thinking through the primary, secondary, and tertiary consequences of events, trends, emergent issues, decisions, etc. Using the futures wheel, one can evaluate the direct and indirect consequences. Invented by [[Jerome C. Glenn]] in 1971, while he was still a university student ![[Futures Wheel - example.png]] From Glenn, Jerome C., "Futurizing Teaching vs Futures Course," Social Science Record, Syracuse University, Volume IX, No. 3 Spring 1972 ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures_wheel - https://www.mindtools.com/a3w9aym/the-futures-wheel - https://online.visual-paradigm.com/knowledge/decision-analysis/what-is-futures-wheel/