A Futures Thinking Engagement Framework is insight & foresight's structured process of 5 components (Signals, Sense-making, Scenarios, Situations, Souvenirs) and 2 enablers (Sparring, Spaces) that helps organisations explore uncertainty, anticipate change and make better decisions.

Genie 3 is a new frontier for world models, using simple text descriptions to generate photorealistic environments that can be explored in real-time.

A toolkit that can be used by anyone who wants to create powerful long-term change for children and families.

Trends, Change Drivers and Megatrends: Understanding the Big Picture and Path-Dependencies

Imagining an envisioned future that exists? Or is it looking into the past?

Hyper Island equips individuals and organizations for the future with innovative courses in digital skills, master's degrees, and corporate training.

Discover global trend reports from leading organizations. Search, explore, and analyze trends shaping 2026 with AI-powered insights.

Earth 2050 it's an interactive project that provides a fascinating glimpse at a future based on predictions from futurologists, scientists, and Internet users from all corners of the globe.

Human beings have always been storytellers, sharing life experiences in different forms of media for different audiences and different purposes. RIT provides a wide range of classes that broadly explore diverse types of storytelling and worldbuilding.

ekip Engine is a European platform advancing innovation in cultural and creative industries through policy experimentation and collaboration.

A collaborative, speculative storytelling game by Evan Raskob.

A free online version of the award-winning imagination game by Situation Lab. Built to break you out of one-future thinking.

A Leader’s Guide to Strategic Foresight and Better Decision Making

Institute for the Future has spent over 55 years helping people prepare for what comes next. Asking “what if?” allows us to transcend the limits of short-term thinking, to change course before it’s too late, and to see future possibilities framed in intensely human terms.

Signals and drivers are two pillars of foresight practice at IFTF, yet many workshop attendees struggle to fully understand the two concepts and how they differ from one another. Understanding the distinct meanings and functions of these two terms as well as understanding the relationship between these two concepts is critical to building a strong forecast.

Our annual series about the trends and developments that are set to shape the coming year