Planetary boundaries: “Thinking about the future will shape companies’ priorities” (T. Gauthier, emlyon)

"Thinking about the future will shape companies’ choices and priorities; they must rethink how they operate in worlds where they will no longer be able to function as before,” said Thomas Gauthier, professor and director of the Alternative Futures Institute at emlyon business school, speaking to News Tank on 3 November 2026.

Since 2018, the school has been bringing together students, professionals and businesses to collectively reflect on the transformations that planetary boundaries are imposing on organisations and their strategies. As part of an introductory course on futures studies, the aim is to “work with a partner company to help it question its assumptions and consider its strategic challenges from a different perspective”.

This process makes it possible, in particular, to…