We work in a fast-paced and uncertain business environment, where the ability to see clearly and anticipate the future is crucial for success but certainly not to be taken for granted. As a matter of fact, the constantly changing contexts and short-term strategic horizons make it challenging to predict what lies ahead. The abundance of information and ambiguity can cloud our vision and keep us trapped in the present, making it difficult to anticipate our future with certainty.

To get some proper answers, it’s crucial to approach complex information with a strategic mindset, connecting the dots to help organisations and communities envision their potential futures and craft the most effective strategies to achieve their goals.

We offer guidance on conducting regular audit and scenario analysis in order to track risk factors, enabling senior management to consistently anticipate and adjust strategies. Where should we direct or redirect it? This approach helps to ensure the long-term sustainability of the company by identifying the optimal direction for investment and resource allocation.

The ability to see into the future and chart a course towards success is an essential ingredient for building sustainable, enduring businesses. It’s not just about staying afloat, it’s about achieving a sense of well-being and happiness that comes from knowing you’re on the right path, even in the midst of turbulent times.

If you’re wondering how you can seize the subtle signals of tomorrow in the chaos of today and make insightful choices steering towards success, look no further, as we have a scientific approach that can help you transform the way you think about the future and the way you can make smarter decisions.

We explore futures by visualising and modelling our clients’ desired outcomes and preferred scenarios, in order to develop proper and functional anticipatory strategies. Our consultancy work for General Management and Risk Management consists of a three-stage process:

  1. The accurate exploration of the organisation’s operational scope.
  2. The awareness of its complexity and interrelationships with sector-specific macro-trends and trends.
  3. The development of possible scenarios and the choice of the preferred one.
  4. The action, i.e. the development of a strategy to pursue the best scenario.

Wondering how we do it?
In collaboration with our colleagues at Skopia, we bring organisations, teams and communities to work on their future, enabling them to manage uncertainty and complexity, so as to make the best possible decisions tomorrow.

World News:

“The discipline of anticipation” is a recent frontier in research and application of future studies. It is a multidisciplinary field that is becoming increasingly popular in the business environment, useful for developing effective strategies and result-oriented decision-making.

Anticipation is a research field focused on anticipatory behaviours in which futures are part of the decision-making process. Settling on a specific course of action in such uncertain and complex times requires overcoming short-term visions and seeking future signals in the present.

Engaging with foresight methods and approaches can lead to a change in perspective: it allows moving from a planning based on prediction to a planning based on anticipation.

The world is changing and evolving at an ever-increasing pace, and predictions are becoming more and more complex to make. The futures that were envisioned or planned even a few years ago might be undergoing drastic changes now.

In today’s rapidly changing world, it’s crucial to have a comprehensive grasp of the diverse definitions and approaches to the future. This will enable you to identify the most fitting approach for your professional pursuits.

The anticipatory approach offers several benefits over planning medium and long-term processes, which often come with uncertainties. It empowers us to experiment and implement a straightforward method to train new “future exercises.” Additionally, we gain a dynamic and systemic perspective that helps us interpret changes in different systems of interest.

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We accompany companies in building future scenarios, in anticipating risks; in monitoring
and in the implementation of preferable scenarios.

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