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Icons of Futures Thinking.
Explore five core methods of futures thinking with insight & foresight's Icons of Futures Thinking: Futures Triangle, Two x Two Matrix, Three Horizons, Four Archetypes, and the Futures Wheel. Learn how these approaches can help navigate and redefine our rapidly transforming world.
A Note From Our Founder.
Why was insight & foresight created? Who are our customers? How do we deliver value? Read this note from our founder James Clampett.
Using STEEP to Frame Your Horizon Scanning.
STEEP analysis evaluates Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, and Political factors impacting businesses. Essential for horizon scanning, it helps anticipate changes and make long-term decisions with more confidence and greater reliability.
Informed Uncertainty: The Strategic Value of Expanding Options.
Explore the shift from traditional strategic paradigms focused on certainty to navigating the uncertainties of today's business world, including technological disruptions and changing market dynamics.
Case Study: The Scenario Creation Process.
In this Flourish presentation, we will guide you through a process that enables your team to explore and analyse multiple possible futures. By doing so, you can create a robust and adaptable strategy, equipped to navigate the fast-changing and complex world we live in.
Case Study: How to Use Scenarios to Review an Operations Plan, Mid Strategy.
Discover how incorporating scenario planning into your operations review can elevate strategic thinking, foster innovation, and challenge conventional approaches. Foster creativity, challenge assumptions and biases, and collaborate effectively to ensure organisational alignment and success with a futures thinking workshop.
Why Long-Term Thinking Matters Most Right Now.
Looking for leadership advice? The current climate demands long-term thinking that has broad implications. Read this article to learn why and how long-term thinking can benefit you in the here and now.
What Business Problems Does Foresight Address?
In times of uncertainty, leaders often respond by cutting back on investments, freezing hiring, reducing marketing efforts, avoiding new market ventures, and even becoming indecisive. While these defensive moves are understandable and may have been necessary for survival in the past, in today's world they can hinder progress and lead to missed opportunities.
How to Use Foresight to Ensure Long-Term Success.
Foresight is essential to long-term success because it gives businesses the ability to anticipate and adapt to change. By understanding customer needs, monitoring industry trends, exploring new technologies and preparing for multiple future scenarios, businesses can stay ahead of the curve and remain competitive in an ever-changing landscape.
Prepare Your Business for Futures with insight & foresight.
The world is becoming more complex and unpredictable, making it difficult for businesses to stay ahead of their competition. This is where strategic foresight comes into play. It allows businesses to identify potential risks and opportunities before they arise, allowing them to make informed decisions about how best to move forward.
Developing Blockchain Strategy.
In this article, we are going to explore blockchain and some of the things you might consider when developing a blockchain strategy for your business, plus we explore a DAO for payment by outcomes.
What's the Difference Between Business Uncertainty and Risk?
Businesses need to be aware of both risk and uncertainty when making decisions. By understanding the difference between the two, you can be better prepared to deal with whatever comes your way.
"What if?" - a great question to start planning for impact and future growth.
"What if?" analysis is a powerful tool that can be used to make more informed decisions, identify potential risks, and develop strategies to counter potential threats.
The Benefits of Systems Mapping.
Imagine a world where you are able to understand the complexity of your operating environment, and make better decisions. Systems mapping can help!
Using Foresight to Work in the Space of Not Knowing.
The best way to deal with uncertainty will vary depending on the situation. However, some tips for dealing with uncertainty include being flexible, staying open-minded, and not being afraid to take risks.
6 Principles of Business Growth.
There is no one-size-fits-all formula for business growth. But there are certain principles that all successful business leaders follow. At insight & foresight we believe that successful growth plans are underpinned by 6 core principles.
Strategic Foresight - a robust method for dealing with adaptive problems.
Adaptive problems occur when organisations are faced with situations that require individuals throughout the organisation to alter their traditional ways of thinking to effectively address them. These types of issues are often challenging to solve, as typical problem-solving approaches and existing knowledge may not be sufficient for addressing them.
Futures Scenario Planning.
Futures scenario planning is using future intelligence to inform alternative visions of possible, probable, and preferred futures, and interpreting how those futures might impact your organisation.
Think Like a Futurist for Impact and Future Growth.
One way to make sense of what's happening is to think like a futurist. Futurists use foresight to examine trends and identify potential scenarios for the future. This helps them to see both the opportunities and the challenges that lie ahead.
12 Questions to Get Started Using Strategic Foresight.
There is no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to using strategic foresight in your business. The key is to experiment, find what works for you, and adapt as needed.