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.
The Future of AI-Driven Strategic Foresight: Insights from Experts
Our team of futurists took the stage as guest speakers at a Foresight Europe Network event, where the foresight community gathered to explore the future of strategic foresight in an increasingly AI-driven world. Here are the highlights.
The ROI of Strategic Foresight: Picturing the Future Pays Off
Research has found that strategic foresight has a significant impact on an organisation’s bottom line – those who think about the future could be looking at up to 33% higher profitability and 200% higher market capitalisation within their industries.
Introducing Our New Scenario-Building Method Based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
To help organisations successfully navigate an uncertain future, Futures Platform has developed a cutting-edge scenario-building method that utilises the scarce knowledge we have about the future to its fullest potential.
Risk Management: It pays to spend time dwelling on the dark side
Is your organisation prepared for any risk, whether large or small, imminent or eventual, avoidable or not? The time and effort put into “exploring the dark side” and developing a solid risk management framework will pay off, making your organisation well-equipped to navigate an uncertain future.
Everyone has ideas, but innovation management is what turns them into growth
Today’s businesses face mounting pressure to keep innovating in order to grow and outpace the competition. Innovation management is crucial to ensure that the great minds within your organisation bring forth their ideas, the viable ones are identified, and the ones put to practice are in line with your strategy.
Continuous Strategic Analysis Fosters Long-term Success – in Chess and Business
In business as in chess, creating a winning strategy requires knowledge about not just your situation and the current environment, but also the potential changes ahead. With a continuous strategic analysis process, businesses can map out a clear path to success.
Scenario Analysis: A Powerful Way to Thrive in a Volatile World
Organisations know they need to be agile to succeed in the increasingly uncertain future, but the countless ways things could play out make it too easy to get lost in the woods. Scenario analysis is one of the best methods to address this and thrive.
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
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.
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.