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Resources for corporate futurists on trend tracking, futures work, and how to go towards a continuous and collaborative way of doing foresight.

Futures Thinking as a Tool: Create Desire for Change

Futures Thinking as a Tool: Create Desire for Change

by Team FIBRES | Nov 1, 2017 | General, Strategy Execution Plan, Strategic Foresight

On one September Friday, we sat down with a few colleagues and discussed change and change management (we always do, we're all passionate about this!). I started to wonder how futures thinking...

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Five Foresight Buy-in Exercises for Strategic Planning Process

Five Foresight Buy-in Exercises for Strategic Planning Process

by Team FIBRES | Oct 4, 2017 | General, List, Tips, Strategic Foresight, Foresight, Strategic Planning

A few weeks ago I wrote about getting started with foresight work by - as a first step - starting to talk about your future and what to expect and how to be prepared when you do. Now we are...

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Confessions of a CEO: Going Forward With Future

Confessions of a CEO: Going Forward With Future

by Panu Kause | Sep 20, 2017 | Hybrid Foresight, General, Artificial Intelligence, Strategic Foresight, Strategic Planning

Three years ago our team made a strategic decision that changed our course from consulting business to a software business. We wanted to provide a solution that helps organizations get really...

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Transformation and Strategy Work (Part IV): Find the Force Within?

Transformation and Strategy Work (Part IV): Find the Force Within?

by Team FIBRES | Jun 15, 2017 | General

Welcome back!  Read the previous parts here: 'The Introduction' | 'Radical business environment change' | 'How to Face a Market Saturation'

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The Three Horizons Framework (Part III): It's About People - 5 Tips to Consider

by Panu Kause | May 10, 2017 | Strategic Management, 3 Horizons, General, Strategy Execution Plan, Strategic Foresight

The Three Horizons Framework is applied in many, different sized organizations - it's versatile, even we use it. That's what inspired me to write few thoughts about in the first place. As it goes...

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Confessions of a CEO: Changing Lanes to Accelerate Foresight with AI

Confessions of a CEO: Changing Lanes to Accelerate Foresight with AI

by Panu Kause | Apr 4, 2017 | Hybrid Foresight, Smart Strategies, General, Strategy Execution Plan

I promised I’ll share my experiences on how it feels like to be part of an international startup accelerator program, and to be on our journey towards ‘hybrid foresight’ and ‘smart strategies’....

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Transformation and Strategy Work (Part III): How To Face a Market Saturation

Transformation and Strategy Work (Part III): How To Face a Market Saturation

by Team FIBRES | Mar 7, 2017 | Strategy Tool, General, Strategy Execution Plan, Transformation, Market Foresight

Welcome back! Read the previous parts here: 'Part I: The Introduction' and 'Part II: Radical business environment change' Recap to the theme of transformation A few topics reoccur with companies ...

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What's Next? Hybrid Foresight and Smart Strategies?

What's Next? Hybrid Foresight and Smart Strategies?

by Panu Kause | Feb 24, 2017 | Hybrid Foresight, 3 Horizons, General, Foresight, FIBRES

Well, what's next? Always the million dollar question, especially now as artificial intelligence (AI) is in the midst of the tech hype. Since our own FIBRES' development will entwine with AI, it's...

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FIBRES Guest Blog: Digitalization and strategy approach. Disrupt your own business

FIBRES Guest Blog: Digitalization and strategy approach. Disrupt your own business

by Team FIBRES | Jan 26, 2017 | Strategy Tool, Guest Blog, General, Strategy Work, Strategic Foresight, Market Foresight

The buzz words: to disrupt and digitalization - We've all heard about them   Disruption is a relatively new buzz word that you hear often especially in strategy workshops. Incumbent companies are...

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