When NATO marked its 75th anniversary, she invited science fiction authors to imagine NATO in 2099. ‘Science fiction takes people out of their day-to-day thinking, which helps overcome bias,’ Gaub says. ‘Even innovators take cues from science fiction,’ she observes, noting how science fiction media such as Star Trek anticipated today’s technology. Yet that is vital in strategic foresight as different people will notice different trends and issues. For Gaub, strategic foresight isn’t about getting the future right; it’s about equipping leaders to face it with agility, humility and imagination.