Amy Zalman, Ph.D.

Activate the Future

pre•scient/preSH(ē)ənt/ - Having knowledge of events before they take place.

Prescient is a foresight consultancy. I founded it in 2017 to work with leaders and teams who recognize the urgent need to anticipate and prepare now for transformative change.

Wherever you are on the journey of becoming future-fit, I want to support you. I can help you sharpen your ability to understand the impact of emerging trends, challenge your unconscious assumptions about what the future looks like, and co-create with you a blueprint for success in a challenging and fast-moving operating environment.

Prescient provides you knowledge, tools and frameworks to explore how emerging change could impact your firm, your stakeholders & your vision of the future.

Work with with me and my network of futurists and subject matter experts to capitalize on changing conditions and plan for long term success.

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“Amy was able to break down complex issues and introduce new ways of thinking to help us understand our role in shaping the future—for ourselves, as well as for our company….”

— Elizabeth Nieto, VP, Metlife

How we can work together

Foresight Projects & Capacity Building

Scenario planning, horizon scans, and facilitated workshops that help teams surface critical uncertainties, explore alternative futures, and produce concrete strategic artifacts, while learning the skills of foresight. Engagements run from a single session to multi-month projects..

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Keynotes & Briefings

Ongoing senior-level partnership for organizations navigating sustained disruption. I help interpret the external environment, pressure-test assumptions, and support long-range decision-making over time.

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Advisory relationships

I speak regularly with leadership audiences on the forces reshaping their operating environment — from AI and infrastructure risk to the future of governance and institutional trust. Sessions are tailored to your strategic questions, not generic trend lists.

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