We help people and organisations imagine, work with, and shape their future

We are an independent, non-profit think tank established in 1969.
By building the capabilities necessary to address potential futures we help create a society fit to meet the challenges and grasp the opportunities we face.

We do this by applying our unique approach to futures studies and foresight, combined with more than 50 years of global experience.

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Using The Future: Contributions to the Field of Foresight

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In a world where traditional decision-making frameworks are showing their limitations, the need is growing for knowledge, tools, and processes that enable more effective long-term thinking in decision-making.

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Applied Strategic Foresight - Toronto, Canada

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This course is being offered for the first time in the Canada. Join us in Toronto for an immersive learning experience. Learn how to bring futures thinking and foresight into strategy with an intensive and hands-on course in an engaging on-site learning environment.

The Future of Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) and Nicotine Consumption

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This report represents the first comprehensive application of strategic foresight to the intersection of CRDs and nicotine use. By bringing together expert voices and rigorous scenario planning, it explores four plausible futures and charts a course toward the one we must strive for.

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From Policy to Practice: Unpacking the UN Declaration on NCDs for Asthma and COPD Management

Join the interactive panel: From Policy to Practice

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Join us on September 27th for an interactive panel discussion on the crucial actions needed to reduce preventable respiratory deaths by 2030, featuring our high-level speakers:

CIFS Toolkit for Applied Strategic Foresight

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This collection of tools and approaches has been carefully curated and refined based on our own extensive experience in the field of foresight

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Organisational Training

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Empower your organisation with tailor-made foresight training, designed to embed futures thinking into your organisation’s strategic processes.

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New FARSIGHT: European Futures - Scenarios for a continent in crisis

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This issue looks beyond today’s crises to envision Europe’s future(s). What might the next decade bring, and what second- or third-order effects arise from today’s choices?

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We have more than 50 years of combined global experience working with organisations across the public, private, academic, and civic sectors, as well as with the general public.

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Course Calendar

Applied Strategic Foresight

Copenhagen

Oct 9-10 (FEW SEATS LEFT) | Dec 4-5

Learn how to bring futures thinking and foresight into strategy with an intensive and hands-on course in an engaging on-site learning environment. A popular choice for decision-makers, innovation managers, strategic planners, and people who want to get a head-start working strategically with the future.

Applied Strategic Foresight

Toronto, Canada

Nov. 4 - 5

Strategize like a Futurist

online with hyper island

Nov. 12 - Dec. 17

Learn how to bring futures thinking and foresight into strategy with an enhanced and more flexible online learning journey in collaboration with our partners at Hyper Island.

Futures and Foresight with AI (On-site)

Copenhagen

Oct. 2-3 (SOLD OUT!)

This will help you benefit from the capabilities of generative AI in foresight and drive radical futures-driven innovation. Through expert facilitation and hands-on learning, you will be equipped with the tools and insights needed to more effectively integrate AI into the field of foresight and for driving innovation.

The Art of Futures Thinking

Copenhagen

Nov. 24 - 25

This course sharpens the participants ability to harness their imagination through Futures Thinking and Futures Literacy, an essential 21st-century skills for imagining, questioning, and shaping alternative futures. Leaning on Futures Literacy principles, it encourages collective intelligence and divergent thinking to expand perspectives and embrace and appreciate the value of not-knowing.

Impact

Our agendas are efforts within a specific area where we aspire to create systemic change through cultivating futures-thinking and futures capabilities.

Health

Education

Leadership

Urban Development

Philanthropy

Civil Service and Policy Making

AI & Technology

Foresight & Futures Capabilities

FARSIGHT

FARSIGHT is our quarterly publication that explores possible futures and provokes and inspires change in the present.

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The world is rapidly changing. If we are to have a safe, fair, and prosperous society in the future, it requires the ability to visualise change, think innovatively, navigate uncertainty, and create consensus on future solutions.

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