CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDY: As a key player within the FMCG supply chain, Brambles uses Futures Platform to stay ahead of emerging trends in the global supply chain sector, and to explore the potential impacts these trends might have on their business through future scenarios.

CASE STUDY: As the Finnish healthcare sector underwent a transformative reform, 2M-IT, a publicly-owned company supporting the IT systems of 100,000 social and healthcare professionals, needed to anticipate and adapt to the changes ahead. Futures Platform supported 2M-IT in navigating the transformation.

CASE STUDY: IESE Business School, ranked as the number 1 in executive education globally by Financial Times, is an experienced player in providing leadership education for global companies. Futures Platform played a key role in executing IESE’s ‘Leading the Future’ program for logistics firm Leschaco.

CASE STUDY: Foresight helps the city of Parkano remain resilient in a changing world.

CASE STUDY: As the Tax Administration of Finland embarked on establishing a framework for monitoring signals of change in its operating environment, the large size of the organisation and its diverse groups of stakeholders presented challenges to communication.

CASE STUDY: Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport uses Futures Platform to understand what the future of the transport industry may look like in the next 10 to 50 years, and to discover insights that guide policymaking, strategy and decision-making in generational investments.

CASE STUDY: When Dr. Yousif Rashid Matar Al Zaabi decided to set up a foresight function for his government department, he wanted to invite external stakeholders also to take part. But how to get them interested, and how to coordinate such a large-scale group effort?

CASE STUDY: BANGKOK AS A THRIVING MEGACITY IN 2050. How to build a sustainable Bangkok where residents can live, work, learn and play in healthy environments? FutureTales Lab, a futurology centre in Thailand, uses Futures Platform to explore alternative future scenarios and collaborate with a wide network of stakeholders.

CASE STUDY: LocalTapiola’s s leadership and strategic planning department concluded that it was time to start building a foresight system to support strategic decision-making.

CASE STUDY: When The Lab of Business Disruption Research at the Turku School of Economics works on the future of a particular industry, they often use Futures Platform as a conversation starter, to provide structure to the workshops

CASE STUDY: Espoo, the second largest city of Finland, uses Futures Platform widely for their education development. For example, high school students saw the platform as an important tool for developing foresight and developing their knowledge around areas covered by compulsory subjects.