Being able to recognize future chances and their advantages is the key factor in today´s competitive world. Since it has been published in 2006, the future-management handbook provides the reader with an overview of the most important tools for successfully handling the future.

On the occasion of ANUGA 2011, the world largest food & beverage tradeshow, the German association of food trade (Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels) and the Cologne trade fair (Koelnmesse) initiated together with the ScMI AG a scenario project concerning “the future

Franz Tessun joins the ScMI AG as manager for future design. He strengthens the team of scenario planners from Paderborn with his expertrise in fields like scenario technique.

Future-oriented decisions are becoming more and more important. The complexities and uncertainties companies have to deal with are increasing.

Everyone likes to talk about the future. New trends are always good entertainment. On the other hand it is difficult to identify the relevant trends and to handle them if they change very quickly. In times of high insecurity

The WECONOMY competition of Wissensfabrik and Handelsblatt has been decided. WECONOMY is organised by the Wissensfabrik association and the newspaper Handelsblatt.

Dr Becker replaces Dr Gert Vaubel as chairman of the supervisory board. Dr Vaubel retires after seven years. Furthermore Prof Dr Wilfried Jungkind (Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Lemgo) became new member of the board and will support Bernd Reike as the second deputy chairman.

The main focus of the 6. International Conference for Scenario-Management was how to handle the unsecure future. "We need methods to deal with uncertainties and to verify our visions of the future" said Karl Rose (Chief Strategist

A so-called scenario conference is an event targeted at elaborating scenarios within 2 – 3 days and in groups of up to 25 people. That format has been developed by the ScMI AG and is tailored individually to each single client.

It will be ten years since the ScMI AG started operating. It has its origin in the 90’s when Dr. Alexander Fink, Dr. Andreas Siebe and Dr. Oliver Schlake

“To know more. To (be able to) do more. More future.” –that is the slogan of the Knowledge Factory founded in 2005 by leading companies.

Thinking in terms of  scenarios strengthens the future and strategic competences of companies and organizations. Scenario-Management requires open

In the reprint „How to anticipate the future with scenarios” Alexander Fink, Oliver Schlake and Andreas Siebe explain the importance