Discover how simplified scenario planning frameworks boost efficiency, flexibility, and strategic foresight, helping businesses navigate uncertainty and adapt in dynamic markets.

Discover the difference between noise and signals—how enduring patterns and deeper truths shape narratives beyond the surface spectacle. Learn to identify what truly matters.

Maree Conway's paper, "Strategic Thinking: what it is and how to do it," highlights the importance of strategic thinking in creating effective strategies for organisations. It differentiates strategic thinking (imagining and understanding future possibilities) from strategic planning (documenting actions to implement a strategy).

Explore Sohail Inayatullah's "Six Pillars: Futures Thinking for Transforming," a framework for shaping futures through mapping, anticipation, and creating alternatives.

Explore how the generic foresight process framework developed by Joseph Voros clarifies strategic processes, enhances strategy development, and expands exploration of future opportunities.

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.

Why was insight & foresight created? Who are our customers? How do we deliver value? Read this note from our founder James Clampett.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?" analysis is a powerful tool that can be used to make more informed decisions, identify potential risks, and develop strategies to counter potential threats.

Imagine a world where you are able to understand the complexity of your operating environment, and make better decisions. Systems mapping can help!

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.