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 The History of Futures Wheel 

The Futures Wheel, a method of identifying and packaging secondary and tertiary consequences of trends and events, was invented in 1971 by Jerome C. Glenn, then a student at the Antioch Graduate School of Education. It was spread by workshops on futuristic curriculum development conducted by the University of Massachusetts during the early 1970s, and shortly thereafter, by futurist trainers and consultants as a method for policy analysis and forecasting. The method first entered the literature in Spring 1972. Subsequent variations of the Futures Wheel have been called the Implementation Wheel, Impact Wheel, Mind Mapping, and Webbing. These variations have been used by futurists in a wide variety of situations. Although the Futures Wheel is a simple technique, requiring only blank paper, a pen, and one or more fertile minds, it is also an extremely powerful method of exploring the future. The Futures Wheel is currently used by corporate planners and public policymakers throughout the world to identify potential problems and opportunities, new markets, products, and services and to assess alternative tactics and strategies.