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Four scenarios on the future of circular economy
The circular economy holds the promise of a zero-waste future, yet formidable challenges in technology, finances, and regulation persist. How will governments and businesses overcome these obstacles to achieve true sustainability?
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S-Curve Analysis: Identifying when an emerging change signal becomes a viable opportunity
The S Curve analysis can help pinpoint emerging change signals before they evolve into prominent trends, giving organisations a strategic view to enter the market when the timing is ripe for maximum potential.
Strategic Foresight vs. Competitive Intelligence
These two disciplines play distinct yet complementary roles in strategic decision-making, both essential for success in today's volatile environment.
The New EU Directive Compels You to Conduct Climate Scenario Analysis
It's more than just a regulatory update; it's a clarion call for companies to embrace climate scenario analysis.
Beyond the Here and Now: Strategic Foresight in Cyber Security
Embrace a long-term perspective to strengthen your cybersecurity strategy against ever-evolving cyber threats.
Generative AI and the Future of Foresight
How can AI enhance - and perhaps disrupt - the landscape of foresight work in the years and decades ahead?
Three Common Challenges in Traditional Foresight Work
Foresight is a vital practice for all organisations today, but it's not always easy. Foresight practitioners encounter common challenges that can obscure their view of what lies ahead.
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.
Building Foresight Capabilities: Introducing Futures Platform’s Foresight Maturity Model
Developed based on our strategic foresight consulting experience and academic research, the Foresight Maturity Model is a framework we use to assess where an organisation’s foresight capabilities currently are and how to develop them further.
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.