Why foresight units get quietly shelved — and how to fix the wiring.

It usually begins with a launch: a new foresight unit, visible enthusiasm, ambitious early presentations. Eighteen months later, it's quietly shelved — not because the idea was wrong or the team lacked talent, but because it never entered the places where decisions are actually made. This briefing looks at why foresight fails to move policy, and the three moves — reframing the function, resetting the cadence, and reshaping the operating model — that wire it into decisions instead.