Futures studies meets human geography
Julia Wurm has been supporting the ScMI AG team with current client projects and internal research alongside her studies since summer 2021. Her master's degree in human geography with a focus on economic geography and mobility research opens up an exciting bridge to working with scenarios and future studies. In this article, she talks about her personal experiences from her studies and explains the mutual enrichment of working with ScMI.
Strategic agility
Combining scenario management and business model thinking:
why strategic agility is the new way to define your corporate strategy
For the past decades, companies have been defining their strategy following a traditional approach: on the one hand they analyzed trends, selected the most relevant ones, and designed their strategy based on a “clear view of the future”. On the other hand, they created a one-dimensional strategy which – at best – provided a clear direction, but often gave the company's development little room to breathe. Therefore, strategy implementation often turned into strategy justification - the necessary questioning of changes in the environment or the exploration and testing of alternative options was not perceived as invigorating but as disturbing.
Change of staff in the Supervisory Board of ScMI AG: After 14 years in the Supervisory Board, thereof the last 11 years as its Chairman, Dr. Ralf Becker did not stand for election at the Annual General Meeting.
Seasons Greeting and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to our clients, partners and future scenario friends. We are looking forward to new futures and exciting strategie, innovation & change processes.
After many years of very successful work, ScMI founding initiator Dr. Andreas Siebe will resign from the board of directors at his own request and turn to a new professional challenge. With the termination of his activity agreed by best mutual consent, Dr. Alexander Fink will take over the management of ScMI AG as sole member of the Managing Board. He will be supported by Jens-Peter Kuhle and Hanna Jürgensmeier, with whom he forms the new management team.
ScMI conducted its first international software training on the Scenario-Manager in Cambridge (Great Britain). The starting point for this activity was the newly formed cooperation between ScMI and RAND Europe.
The 10th International Conference of Cultural Tourism in Europe took place from 20 September to 21 September 2017 in Sibiu, Romania. Central topics were the development of cultural values, diversity and cultural heritage as well as innovation and creativity concerning the development of sustainable tourism.
The 17th general meeting of the Scenario Management International AG confirmed the previous supervisory board in office. Dr. Ralf Becker remains chair of the board – personally liable managing partner of the Fritz Becker KG in Brakel.
Precisely since ten years, the Wissensfabrik supports entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs with aimed know-how-transfer and access to their high-class network from more than 120 companies and foundations. Following the perfect match-principle, it brings experienced managers with young entrepreneurs together.
Many important decision makers criticize the current inflationary use of the term “strategy”. One rather prefers Business Models instead of strategies and Business Development instead of strategic planning. But one thing is still undisputed: Companies are in need of clear and longer-term goals and they need an idea of how to reach this goal. We keep on calling this a “Strategy”.
Lean, agile and dynamic - this is how companies nowadays align their process organization and infrastructure to changes and future market requirements.
Scenario-Management is en vogue. Countless companies and organizations develop alternative future images in order to prepare themselves for dynamic environments, markets as well as for an aggravated competition.
In the course of the German-wide founder week from 18 to 22 November 2013, the Paderborner GründungsOffensive (Founders offensive), as a network for the economic development society of Paderborn, presented an extensive and diverse range of events.
In celebration of the 48th congress of the German Market Research in Berlin, the Price of the German Market Research was awarded for the ninth time on the 22nd of April 2013 at the ceremonial gala event.
On march 6th the „ Neue Westfälische” reported about the talk concerning the topic “ Paderborn 2025” from ScMI board member Dr. Andreas Siebe.
In their contribution „In Zukünften denken“ (“Thinking in futures”) to changeX, Alexander Fink and Andreas Siebe deal with the possibilities of future management.
After the successful second ScMI Future School in cooperation with the University of Paderborn, ScMI has expanded and intensified its collaboration with regional universities.
The university society of Paderborn elected a new board of directors at its annual general meeting on November 12th 2012.
By providing professional childcare at the annual family celebration of the ScMI AG the AWO Paderborn has made its contributions to the good business.
The competition WECONOMY, lead by the ‚Wissensfabrik‘ and the ‚Handelsblatt‘, is over. Nine business ideas convinced the jury.
“More knowledge. More skill. More future!” – This is the motto of the ‚Wissensfabrik‘ , which was founded in 2005 from leading companies.
