The presentation stresses the importance of futures thinking as a 21st-Century skill. Cultivating such a skill that makes use of the future is imperative in crafting better public sector policies and decisions. The added value of the presentation is that it indigenizes Futures Thinking learning by making use of an ancient Filipino word, hiraya (“the fruit of one’s dreams, wishes, and aspirations) to introduce the phrase, Hiraya Foresight, as the indigenous, non-western approach to studying, analyzing, and using the future. The indigenous approach, being novel, requires that Futures Thinking learning has to be reinforced by three companion skills, namely: Hiraya Foresight, knowledge co-creation, and phronetic leadership.

June 3, 2021