IN SPOTLIGHT
Four scenarios on the future of AI in the workplace
AI’s rapid rise in the workplace is opening up new possibilities—some optimistic, others unsettling. We explore how AI could alter job roles, workplace dynamics, and society at large through four different scenarios.
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.
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.
Why Do We Need Foresight and Change Capabilities?
In a VUCA world, organisations can't afford to be complacent and avoid changes if they want to stay ahead of the curve. However, they shouldn't make abrupt decisions or aimlessly follow every change either. In this piece, Jari Koskinen explains why organisations need to have foresight and change capabilities in the decision-making process.
Identifying Business Opportunities with Strategic Foresight
One of the key benefits of strategic foresight is its ability to support organisations and leaders to shift from a risk to an opportunity mindset. By challenging business as usual, new possible futures can emerge, and with that can come new opportunities.
Ready to Challenge "Business as Usual"?
When we start to challenge business as usual and the ‘way we do things around here’, alternative futures can be revealed, like hidden worlds coming into view. We move from this idea of the default future, one future as an extension of now, to many.
Why Critical Thinking is Key for Shaping the Future
To ensure that opportunities are not overlooked and risks are identified it is essential to challenge our assumptions and beliefs regularly. It has become even more imperative as the economic, technological, political, environmental, and social landscapes, among others, around us continue to morph and change rapidly.
How Can We Anticipate Plausible Futures?
The Futures Triangle is a foresight method developed by Professor Sohail Inayatullah with the end goal of mapping the overall game situation before a transformative foresight process may begin.
The VUCA World Order
What do organisations need to do to develop good strategies and prepare for the future in a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world?