1,200+
FOOSAs practised
Repeated use in Raymond’s own practice has shaped the language, sequence and discipline of the method.
Raymond Miranda
Creator of FOOSA.
Raymond’s work sits in the territory of narrative-as-intervention: finding the story inside a problem, seeing what it is organising, and using narrative to open another possibility.
Raymond MirandaCreator of FOOSA
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The origin
The question came before the framework.
For more than two decades, Raymond has worked with story across leadership, organisations, education, theatre and film in Malaysia, the United States and Europe.
The earliest roots of FOOSA came from a screenwriting exercise: if a writer could identify the unconscious fear of the hero and name its opposite, they could begin to see the beginning and the end of the story.
Over time, that dramatic question moved from fictional characters to real decisions. What future is fear already predicting? What becomes visible if another direction is imagined? What obstacles would have to be faced? What action could begin to test the possibility in the real world?
Those questions became Fear. Opposite. Obstacles. Story. Action.
The proposition at the centre of FOOSA
“Fear simulates a story about the future.”
From idea to practice
Refined through repetition.
FOOSA was not developed as theory first. It emerged through repeated use, observation and refinement.
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Steps that stay simple
Fear. Opposite. Obstacles. Story. Action. The structure is deliberately compact enough to remember and use again.
20+
Years working with story
Leadership, organisations, education, theatre and film all sit underneath the practice without needing to complicate it.
Narrative-as-Intervention
See the story inside the problem.
Raymond’s distinctive contribution is not simply telling stories. It is noticing the stories people are already living inside — the assumptions, feared futures and meanings that shape what becomes visible.
In documentary and essay work, that means finding the deeply human story. In FOOSA, that same way of seeing becomes a structured intervention that helps leaders move toward action.
In the room
Depth underneath. Simplicity in use.
Lived practice
He teaches something he actually uses.
FOOSA has been practised repeatedly before being translated into a leadership learning experience.
Facilitation
He knows how to stay with the real issue.
The work is designed around questions, reflection and movement rather than a performance of expertise from the front of the room.
The focus now
Build FOOSA. Teach it. Make it useful.
Raymond’s professional focus is the continued development and application of FOOSA — particularly in moments where an important change or decision should be moving, but isn’t.
Bring FOOSA to your team
Start with the real problem in the room.
If an important change is stalled, tell us what should be moving and who needs to move it.