Future scenarios for the world of 2045
Our Scenario Manager software system is now used on almost every continent. Our clients include companies, organizations and universities - from Vancouver to Hong Kong, and from the RAND Corporation to the Archdiocese of Paderborn. Nevertheless, it was something special for us when the United Nations also decided to use scenario management.
Scenarios in a new way: The POCO app
The process of developing the customer app for POCO Einrichtungsmärkte GmbH shows just how diverse the possible applications of Scenario ManagementTM are. In 2020, the furniture retailer from Bergkamen launched a project with the aim of expanding its retail media portfolio with the addition of an independent retailer app. On this basis, POCO and ScMI AG launched a joint consulting project.
Transformation path mobility
In addition to numerous client projects with BMW, Bosch, Continental and Volkswagen, we have discussed the topic of future mobility in various multi-client projects from a variety of perspectives and presented it at numerous conferences. A new article will now take a look at the overarching findings and trends that have emerged from a cross-comparison of the various projects.
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.
The future of Bitcoin - joint project
Become a project partner to make the topic more tangible for you and your company and to make possible developments more predictable. Benefit from UTXO expert knowledge and an intensive exchange in the scenario team. Take advantage of the interdisciplinary discussions and networking events with other companies to develop a basis for your company's strategic planning. We look forward to meeting you. Information on the methodological approach, the project setting, conditions and registration options can be found here (GERMAN).
Strengthen your foresight competence...
In 2022, ScMI AG will again offer several open seminars/trainings on the topic of a Szenario-Management TM . Our classic face-to-face format will be complemented by a newly designed online workshop series. Find out now about the possible dates and register. We are looking forward to meeting you. The current dates, conditions and registrations options can be found here.
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.
Today is the one year anniversary of the Corona virus being first reported in China. And quite frankly, one year ago I personally would not have expected my life as it is today. Otherwise I would have clearly not have booked a drop-dead expensive trip to Tanzania for the summer of 2020. There is some comfort in the fact to be not alone with this (although my friends love to tease me about the fact that I work for a strategic foresight company and still did not see Corona coming, duh).
What role will data play in the healthcare system of the future - and what influence will patients have on its actual usage? ScMI AG, together with the Swiss innovation initiative DayOne and BlauenSolutions, has analyzed data systems in the health sector in a project together with 30 experts from the health sector.
There is much talk of the "new normality". But what could it look like? ScMI has outlined eight possible futures in an open scenario process. None of these scenarios can be excluded today. Nevertheless, we are looking for orientation. Therefore we offer you to participate in our online scenario assessment.
