IN SPOTLIGHT
Rebuilding Ukraine: Four Future Scenarios
The cost of Ukraine's reconstruction stands at a staggering $486 billion—and climbs higher with each passing day. Timely decisions on investments, workforce, and resources will define the nation’s post-war recovery and long-term future.
From Trendspotting to Trendsetting: How Trend Analysis Can Help Your Organisation Shape the Future
Knowing ‘what’s next’ in future trends and megatrends is essential to be able to act on influential changes at the right time. With trend analysis, organisations can position themselves as leaders and build adaptability and resilience against future challenges.
2x2 Scenario Planning Matrix: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to build plausible, engaging and actionable scenarios with an easy-to-use scenario planning framework.
How to Kickstart a Continuous Foresight Process with Beginner-Friendly Workshops
Are you at the beginning of your foresight journey and looking for a way to get your team excited about foresight work? Learn how to organise and facilitate easy-going, engaging foresight sessions with this step-by-step guide.
Trend Cards on Futures Platform and How to Use Them
Curated by our team of futurists, more than 800 trend card features compact, easy-to-digest analyses on future changes. Many of the cards also feature two scenario descriptions that explore alternative future development paths for the trend. Save time on horizon scanning and explore a rich library of trend analyses by leading futurists
Futures Table – A Powerful Scenario Planning Tool
Futures Table is a powerful scenario planning tool that we, at Futures Platform use on a daily basis in our scenario-building work. In this article, we walk you through how to use this tool to build fully-fledged, logical and engaging scenario narratives.
The Southwest Finland Foresight Academy’s collaborative approach to foresight
The Southwest Finland Foresight Academy has a unique foresight academy model and a collaboration network that operates across professions and industries to forecast future educational needs and boost regional competence.
How to Do Horizon Scanning: A Step-by-Step Guide
Horizon scanning, also known as environmental scanning, is a foresight method used for discovering early signs of potential change. It is a systematic process that enables organisations to spot trends before they emerge into the mainstream and identify key action points to proactively shape desirable futures.
What makes strategic foresight successful in organisations?
How can organisations define foresight success and identify areas of improvement? To understand which factors are the most influential in determining organisational foresight success, we’ve interviewed twelve Finnish organisations from both the public and private sectors.
New: Scenario Analysis now available on Futures Platform
Trend cards on Futures Platform's foresight database now include two scenario descriptions and their development timelines.
Foresight Methods: Introducing Our New Article Series
By analysing data from various sources, foresight methods help make sense of today's world, make assessments about the world of tomorrow, and proactively answer to the opportunities and challenges that will define the future. In this introduction, we will discuss why foresight is necessary and how it helps you keep up with continuous change.
Making Foresight More Collaborative and Engaging
At Futures Platform, we strive to make foresight work accessible, effortless and engaging for teams. To better accommodate the heterogeneity of teams and enhance the efficiency of teamwork, we’ve made Futures Platform’s Lounge even more personalised and compact.
Four Types of Futures Intelligence and How to Obtain Them
From data modelling to science-fiction prototyping, futures intelligence utilises a wide range of methodologies, each fit for different purposes. In our webinar, Futures Platform’s Content Director Dr Tuomo Kuosa discusses the four different types of Futures Intelligence, their use cases and the methods to obtain them.