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 Tax in the Metaverse
Through a series of workshops with three national tax authorities, we explored the key opportunities and risks the metaverse presents to the future of taxation.
Counterfeiting: A Growing Threat to the Future of Global Trade
With the steep rise in volumes of counterfeit consumer goods entering the global marketplace, brands, retailers, and governments are facing new 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.
Four scenarios on how the war in Ukraine may play out
The war in Ukraine has brought major disruption and new uncertainties to several sectors. To help organisations successfully navigate the constantly evolving environment ahead, Futures Platform’s team of futurists has outlined four different scenarios on how the war may evolve within the next five years.
Solving the Energy Transition Puzzle in Europe
Europe spent years negotiating, innovating and planning to solve its net-zero energy policy puzzle by 2050. Will Russia’s war on Ukraine reshape the future of energy in the continent?
How to work with 'unknown futures' to inspire disruptive innovations
What if the most interesting ideas are waiting to be unearthed amidst preposterous future scenarios that seem far-fetched, impossible or even ridiculous?
Future of Work: Will a Robot Take Your Job?
Will artificial intelligence bring an end to the traditional labour market? Fears of mass technological unemployment have a powerful impact on economical policies, but modern economic theory suggests that these fears might be misplaced.
Sustainable Building Materials of the Future: Remodelling the Construction Industry
As the cost of traditional building materials rise, the construction industry may learn that going green is shifting from being too expensive to do, to too expensive not to do.
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.
Will the War in Ukraine Ignite a New Societal Revolution?
Futures Platform’s Lead Futurist Dr Tuomo Kuosa analyses the war in Ukraine in relation to the periodic shifts in the zeitgeist, and discusses whether we may be on the cusp of major societal disruption.
Futures Platform steps into the future: Second-hand clothing replaces team hoodies
Helsinki. Futures Platform, a growth company, founded by futurists, offering a world-leading library of future trends and a SaaS solution for strategic foresight, has taken a pivot from a classic start-up tradition: no more team hoodies.
Public Trust in Government: One More Covid-19 Casualty
Poor institutional performance, slow response to the global agenda, and increasing economic inequalities are among the main drivers causing a global decline in trust in public authorities and political leaders.