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Top Foresight Orgs
Some of the top foresight and futures-oriented organizations presently operating around the world. These organizations have distinguished themselves in methods or theory in one or more of ASF's Primary Foresight Specialties, or take alternative foresight approaches, as seen in the variety of Foresight Frameworks on the FERN wiki.Top Foresight Organizations (most with Experience in Primary Foresight/Futures Specialties)
List alpha by organizational name.
Acceleration Studies Foundation
Outreach, education, research, and advocacy with respect to communities and technologies of accelerating change. (John Smart)
ACUNU Millennium Project for Global Futures Studies and Research
Global research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers (Jerry Glenn, Ted Gordon).
Adizes Institute
Leading change management/organizational development consultancy (Ichak Adizes).
AECOM
A global provider of leadership, innovation, and management support services for industry and government.
African Futures Institute
Pan-African foresight (prospective studies) and development thinking (Cape Town, South Africa)
AIR Worldwide (AIR)
Leaders in catastrophe and terrorism modeling, risk modeling and decision modeling (Karen Clark).
American Planning Association
Oldest U.S. association of practicing urban, policy, social, and business planners. Since 1935.
Arlington Institute
Surfacing and preparing for surprise in the technological future (John Peterson).
Association for Strategic Planning
Helping organizations to succeed through improved strategic thinking, planning, and action.
Association of Professional Futurists
Improving methodology and practice in the nascent future studies field (Randy Scheel, Andy Hines)
Battelle
Technology development and assessment for industry and government.
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (JFK Sch of Govt, Harvard U)
Long term futures work on International security, climate change, nuclear issues, Middle East issues.
Bell Labs
Historical leader in blue sky U.S. R&D. Lucent's innovation group.
Booz Allen Hamilton
A global strategy and consulting firm, strong on forecasting and analysis.
Boston Consulting Group
One of the oldest and most diverse business consulting firms. Nice publications archive.
Breaking Trends (UK)
Global trends intelligence from 'alpha' cities and leading innovators (Alec Howe).
Brint Institute
Leading knowledge management portal applying systems research to business (Yogesh Malhatra).
BTexact, (and Ian Pearson, Futurologist)
Acceleration-aware futures articles and conference keynotes (Ian Pearson).
Center for an Urban Future
NYC-based think-tank considering the future of cities.
Center for Future Consciousness
Writings, Presentations, Workshops, Programs, and Resources on the Future (Tom and Jeanne Lombardo)
Center for Futurism in Education at Ben-Gurion University
Developing innovative educational ideas and online delivery systems, integrating ICT with humanistic values (Roni Aviram, Chair)
Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF)
Resources for teaching and navigating the fascinating, future-oriented world of science fiction (James Gunn). See also Science Fiction Research Assn (SFRA), the oldest professional org. for study of sci-fi and fantasy lit. and film.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Nonpartisan think tank of semi-indedependent analysts, all focusing on strategic insights and policy solutions to current and emerging global issues (John Hamre, Sam Nunn). See for example their Seven Revolutions 20 year futuring program (Erik Peterson).
Central Intelligence Agency
Independent civilian intelligence agency responsible for providing national and international security intelligence to senior United States policymakers.
Clarium Capital Management
Exceptional future-oriented global macro hedge fund with a contrarian bias. (Peter Thiel)
Cognitive Edge (Singapore)
Tools for systematically exploring organizational foresight with complexity and network methods (David Snowden)
Conferenza
News and commentary on technology's most important executive conferences (Shel Israel)
Community Futures Network (Canada)
A network of 268 community economic development and visioning centers. Great example of government foresight and participatory democracy.
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (Denmark)
Strengthening decision-making in public and private organisations by improving awareness of the future.
Datamonitor
Leading broad-based market research company.
DaVinci Institute
Entrepreneurship, innovation, and futurism. Membership organization. (Thomas Frey)
Decision Strategies (Houston, TX)
Foresight, uncertainty, and decision analysis strategy and consulting, primarily for large oil and energy corporations.
Decision Strategies International
Leading global consulting firm to Fortune 1000 in strategic decisionmaking, scenario planning, and scanning/weak signals.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
R&D agency tasked with maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military.
Defense Intelligence Agency
A major producer and manager of military intelligence for the US Department of Defense.
Deutche Bank Research
A leading global think tank for trends in business, society, and finance.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Premiere IT and nano venture capital for accelerating technological change (Tim Draper, John Fisher, Steve Jurvetson).
Economist Intelligence Unit
World leading resource for global intelligence and analysis.
Edge.org
Leading site for deep social, technological, and scientific commentary (John Brockman).
Estonian Institute for Futures Studies
Foresight and development studies for the future of Estonia.
European Foresight Monitoring Network
Fantastic portal for global foresight project activities. Run by Mike Keenan of U. Manchester, PREST (United Kingdom).
Fast Future
UK-based change management, innovation, incubation, and venturing group (Rohit Talwar)
FBI Futures Working Group
Law enforcement foresight community. Collaboration between FBI and Police Futurists International.Finland Futures Research Center (Turku, Finland)
Leading European academic futures studies center. 17 member universities.
Finnish Parliament's Committee For the Future
Conducts foresight research, advises lawmakers on development, technology assessment, and social effects of technology.
Finnish Society for Futures Studies
Futures research and development studies for Finland.
Foresight Canada
We nurture, teach and practice strategic foresight 2.0 at a high professional level in all sectors of Canadian society/economy. We include a research centre, consultancy and service to the field. Join the largest network of Canadian futures researchers and strategic foresighters.
Forecast International
Market research and intel group serving aerospace, defense, and power industries.
Forecasting International
Global trend analysis, futures consulting and speaking (Marvin Cetron)
Foresight Institute
Understanding the future of nanotechnology (Eric Drexler, Christine Peterson).
Foresight & Innovation (Stanford University)
Egineering and design research, education, and scenario development.
Forrester Research
Technology trends, strategy, and investment research.
Founders Fund (San Francisco, CA USA)
Venture capital and seed startup/angel investing in groundbreaking technology startup companies. (Peter Thiel)
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Karlsruhe, Germany)
A leading institute investigating how innovation and technical productivity shape the global future.
Frost & Sullivan
Enabling clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership.
Future Foundation - Experian (London, UK)
Consumer trends, market research, new product research (Melanie Howard, Michael Wilmott).
Futures Foundation (Melbourne, Australia)
Tools and perspectives for indiv. and organizational futures (Charles Brass).
Futures Group International (and Futures Group Europe)
International health and development planning.
Future Skills (West Yorkshire, UK)
Presentations and workshops on all aspects of futures studies (Graham May).
Future Trends
IIR USA’s community and conferences on brands, marketing, and social trends.
Futures Lab
Consumer and business futures consultancy (Derek Woodgate, Wayne Pethrick).
Futuribles
Prospective studies/foresight research since 1960's (Michel Godet)
Futurist.com
Futures retreats, seminars, and conference keynotes (Glenn Hiemstra, Brenda Cooper).
Gallup
Global polling, political, market, and well-being research and consulting organization.
Gartner
A leading consultancy and research firm on information technology in business.
Global Business Network - Monitor Group
Scenarios, strategy, and risk management for global business (Peter Schwartz).
Global Change
Trends analysis and conference keynotes (Pat Dixon)
Global Ideas Bank
Repository for edited public domain tech, policy, and business ideas for the taking.
Global Insight
World's leading econometric forecasting think tank.
Global Future Forum
Independent partnership of futurists, academics, and businesspeople for futuring, strategic planning and change management (Rohit Talwar).
Global Innovation Index (INSEAD Business School, France)
Benchmarking country innovation on an annual basis.
Global Vision Consulting Ltd.
Helping organizations understand and respond effectively to accelerating change (David Forrest).
GLOCOM, International U. of Japan
Social science analysis of the information society.
Going Global Ventures (New York, NY USA)
Foresight, management and globalization consulting for businesses competing in the knowledge economy (Mark Minevich)
Henley Centre
International strategic futures and marketing consultancy (UK).
IBM Almaden Research Center, IBM Research
Developing visionary products and platforms for intelligent technology.
Ideo
A leading product, systems, and organizational design and innovation firm.
In-Q-Tel
DARPA/VC arm of the U.S. Intel Community. Communicating intel needs, reviewing business plans, funding companies, delivering tech solutions. Founded 1999.
In-Stat/MDR
Leaders in market research and forecasts for semiconductor and digital devices.
Intertraffic Innovation Awards (Netherlands)
Annual recognition of the most important innovations in intelligent transportation systems, cooperative systems, infrastructure, parking, safety, and environment.
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Promoting the practice and education of industrial design
Industrial Research Institute
Association of business leaders in R&D, working to enhance the effectiveness of technological innovation.
Infinite Futures
Forsight consulting, futures research, and strategic planning (Wendy Schultz).
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Bipartisan, advancing a pro-innovation, pro-information technology public policy agenda (Wash, DC)
Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF)
Health care futures, governance and public policy consultancy (Clem Bezold, Jonathan Peck).
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Mission is to shape public policies that distribute the benefits and reduce the risks of tech advancement (James Hughes)
Institute for Future Studies (Innsbruck, Austria)
Applied research on the future of education and work.
Institute for Futures Research (IFR) (Bellville, South Africa)
Corporate strategy support. Affiliated with the U. of Stellenbosch futures studies graduate program.
Institute for Futures Studies (IFS) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Futures studies, long-term analysis, and related activities.
Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (Germany)
Evaluating the development of emerging technologies, with a focus on sustainability (Rolf Kreibich)
Institute for Global Futures (IGF)
Business strategy, outreach, and forecasts for the digital future. (James Canton)
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Serves scientific and professional needs of OR/MS investigators, scientists, students, educators, and managers. OR is optimization theory and practice, "the science of better." Institute for the Future at AACC
Excellent example of the kind of futures organization that should exist at every institute of higher education in the U.S. Has a speakers bureau for the faculty at this Community College that like to speak on the future, not just the past or present.
Institute for Scientific Research (ISR)
Advanced research and development for NASA, DoD, govt., and commercial clients (George Pederson).
Institute for the Future (IFTF)
One of the oldest and most respected futures consultancies (Paul Saffo).
Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning (IBF)
Demand forecasting and operations planning education and professional development.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
"Eye-triple-E" is a non-profit, technical professional association of 380,000 individual members in 150 countries.
International Data Corporation (IDC) and International Data Group (IDG)
A leading technology media and information technology market research firm.
International Network for Engineering Education and Research (INEER)
A networking professional organization (engineers, educators and researchers in 98 countries) to help advance global engineering education and research.
International Institute of Forecasters (IIF)
Stimulating the generation, distribution, and use of knowledge on forecasting.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Globally improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education.
Forecast International
Market research and intel group serving aerospace, defense, and power industries.
Forecasting International
Global trend analysis, futures consulting and speaking (Marvin Cetron)
Foresight Institute
Understanding the future of nanotechnology (Eric Drexler, Christine Peterson).
Foresight & Innovation (Stanford University)
Egineering and design research, education, and scenario development.
Forrester Research
Technology trends, strategy, and investment research.
Founders Fund (San Francisco, CA USA)
Venture capital and seed startup/angel investing in groundbreaking technology startup companies. (Peter Thiel)
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Karlsruhe, Germany)
A leading institute investigating how innovation and technical productivity shape the global future.
Frost & Sullivan
Enabling clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership.
Future Foundation - Experian (London, UK)
Consumer trends, market research, new product research (Melanie Howard, Michael Wilmott).
Futures Foundation (Melbourne, Australia)
Tools and perspectives for indiv. and organizational futures (Charles Brass).
Futures Group International (and Futures Group Europe)
International health and development planning.
Future Skills (West Yorkshire, UK)
Presentations and workshops on all aspects of futures studies (Graham May).
Future Trends
IIR USA’s community and conferences on brands, marketing, and social trends.
Futures Lab
Consumer and business futures consultancy (Derek Woodgate, Wayne Pethrick).
Futuribles
Prospective studies/foresight research since 1960's (Michel Godet)
Futurist.com
Futures retreats, seminars, and conference keynotes (Glenn Hiemstra, Brenda Cooper).
Gallup
Global polling, political, market, and well-being research and consulting organization.
Gartner
A leading consultancy and research firm on information technology in business.
Global Business Network - Monitor Group
Scenarios, strategy, and risk management for global business (Peter Schwartz).
Global Change
Trends analysis and conference keynotes (Pat Dixon)
Global Ideas Bank
Repository for edited public domain tech, policy, and business ideas for the taking.
Global Insight
World's leading econometric forecasting think tank.
Global Future Forum
Independent partnership of futurists, academics, and businesspeople for futuring, strategic planning and change management (Rohit Talwar).
Global Innovation Index (INSEAD Business School, France)
Benchmarking country innovation on an annual basis.
Global Vision Consulting Ltd.
Helping organizations understand and respond effectively to accelerating change (David Forrest).
GLOCOM, International U. of Japan
Social science analysis of the information society.
Going Global Ventures (New York, NY USA)
Foresight, management and globalization consulting for businesses competing in the knowledge economy (Mark Minevich)
Henley Centre
International strategic futures and marketing consultancy (UK).
IBM Almaden Research Center, IBM Research
Developing visionary products and platforms for intelligent technology.
Ideo
A leading product, systems, and organizational design and innovation firm.
In-Q-Tel
DARPA/VC arm of the U.S. Intel Community. Communicating intel needs, reviewing business plans, funding companies, delivering tech solutions. Founded 1999.
In-Stat/MDR
Leaders in market research and forecasts for semiconductor and digital devices.
Intertraffic Innovation Awards (Netherlands)
Annual recognition of the most important innovations in intelligent transportation systems, cooperative systems, infrastructure, parking, safety, and environment.
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Promoting the practice and education of industrial design
Industrial Research Institute
Association of business leaders in R&D, working to enhance the effectiveness of technological innovation.
Infinite Futures
Forsight consulting, futures research, and strategic planning (Wendy Schultz).
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Bipartisan, advancing a pro-innovation, pro-information technology public policy agenda (Wash, DC)
Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF)
Health care futures, governance and public policy consultancy (Clem Bezold, Jonathan Peck).
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Mission is to shape public policies that distribute the benefits and reduce the risks of tech advancement (James Hughes)
Institute for Future Studies (Innsbruck, Austria)
Applied research on the future of education and work.
Institute for Futures Research (IFR) (Bellville, South Africa)
Corporate strategy support. Affiliated with the U. of Stellenbosch futures studies graduate program.
Institute for Futures Studies (IFS) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Futures studies, long-term analysis, and related activities.
Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (Germany)
Evaluating the development of emerging technologies, with a focus on sustainability (Rolf Kreibich)
Institute for Global Futures (IGF)
Business strategy, outreach, and forecasts for the digital future. (James Canton)
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Serves scientific and professional needs of OR/MS investigators, scientists, students, educators, and managers. OR is optimization theory and practice, "the science of better." Institute for the Future at AACC
Excellent example of the kind of futures organization that should exist at every institute of higher education in the U.S. Has a speakers bureau for the faculty at this Community College that like to speak on the future, not just the past or present.
Institute for Scientific Research (ISR)
Advanced research and development for NASA, DoD, govt., and commercial clients (George Pederson).
Institute for the Future (IFTF)
One of the oldest and most respected futures consultancies (Paul Saffo).
Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning (IBF)
Demand forecasting and operations planning education and professional development.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
"Eye-triple-E" is a non-profit, technical professional association of 380,000 individual members in 150 countries.
International Data Corporation (IDC) and International Data Group (IDG)
A leading technology media and information technology market research firm.
International Network for Engineering Education and Research (INEER)
A networking professional organization (engineers, educators and researchers in 98 countries) to help advance global engineering education and research.
International Institute of Forecasters (IIF)
Stimulating the generation, distribution, and use of knowledge on forecasting.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Globally improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education.
Kedge (Savannah, GA)
Foresight, Innovation, Creativity, & Strategic Design consultancy & think tank. Frank Spencer, Principal (MA, Strategic Foresight)
KurzweilAI.net
Leading long-term technology and artificial intelligence futures portal (Ray Kurzweil, Amara Angelica).
Foresight, Innovation, Creativity, & Strategic Design consultancy & think tank. Frank Spencer, Principal (MA, Strategic Foresight)
KurzweilAI.net
Leading long-term technology and artificial intelligence futures portal (Ray Kurzweil, Amara Angelica).
Leading Futurists LLC
Futures consultancy serving government, corporations, non-profits, Jennifer Jarratt and John B. Mahaffie, principals
Lifeboat Foundation
Encouraging scientific advancement and better characterization of existential risks (Eric Klein).
Linden Lab
Creators of Second Life, the award-winning 3D online world where users create, inhabit, and own all digital content of their own design (Philip Rosedale, Cory Ondrejka)
LIPSOR (Laboratory for Investigation in Prospective Strategy and Org) (France)
Strategic foresight in emerging technologies. Strong PhD tech foresight program through CNAM.
Long Now Foundation
Promoting long-term thinking and action. Excellent Seminars About Long-Term Thinking. See Long Bets for publicly-accountable long-term predictions (Jeff Bezos, Stuart Brand, Kevin Kelly).
Long Future Research Group (Hungary)
An attempt to look at the future on cosmological timescales (Eva Toth).
Maker Faire
The world’s largest DIY festivals, celebrating prototyping and design innovation.
ManyWorlds
Strategy, innovation, futures, and collaborative process management (Steve Flynn).
Markle Foundation
Accelerating communications media and information technology development to improve civic life.
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Interdisciplinary and innovative research in the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and humanities. 21,000 staff.
McKinsey Global Institute
Economic research think tank of McKinsey & Co. Excellent broad reporting.
Mercer
Leading global HR, strategy, and financial consultancy. Strong foresight focus.
Monitor 360 (San Francisco, CA)
Foresight on complex and ambiguous geo-strategic challenges for governments, policy makers, multinational businesses, and NGOs.(Doug Randall, Peter Schwartz)
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NAIC)
Seeks proposals for revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts from outside thinkers and researchers. Model for eliciting high-leverage public foresight.
National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC)
National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Japan's largest public research organization. Bleeding edge.
National Intelligence Council of the CIA
The U.S. intelligence community's center for mid- and long-term strategic thinking. Excellent futures publications.
National Security Agency
A cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States government, administered as part of the US Dept. of Defense.
Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI)
Foresight research in learning technologies, advanced sciences, defense technologies, and cyber conflict.
OECD PISA (Program for International School Assessment)
Rates the OECD countries annually in the competitiveness of their 15 year olds. The US is now average in the OECD rankings, and on a declining trend at present.
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
To foster, plan, facilitate and transition scientific research.
PA Consulting Group
One of the oldest and largest global mgmt, systems, and tech consulting groups.
Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto, CA USA)
Provide analytics platforms for top financial and intelligence clients.
Panopticon
Innovative visioning and alternative futures group in Antwerp (Belgium).
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
Xerox subsidiary. Interdisciplinary R&D in physical, comp., and social sciences.
Pardee Center for the Study of the Long Range Future, Boston U.
Exploring the world's long-term political and social future.
Principia Cybernetica Project
Leading portal for exploring concepts in cybernetics, systems theory, and complex adaptive systems (Francis Heylighen)
Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University
Exploring how long-run technical change relates to productivity and efficiency of energy, materials, land, and other resources, and the consequences for human populations. Elucidating our progression toward a micro-emissions society.
PSFK
Trends, innovation and market consulting, publishing, and conferences (Piers Fawkes)
RAND Corporation (and RAND Pardee Center)
Trend extrapolation, policy studies and tech assessment pioneers.
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
Advancing risk management globally. Serves 10,000 risk and insurance management professionals.
Rocky Mountain Institute
Innovation and technology oriented sustainability organization. Natural capitalism paradigm (Amory Lovins).
Royal Dutch Shell
Pioneers of scenario foresight methodology. Foresight, forescasting and scenario planning are deeply imbedded in Shell culture (Jeremy Bentham)
SAMI (St. Andrews Management Institute) Consulting
Scenario planning, strategy, and risk management consulting to deliver resilient decisions in uncertain times (Gill Ringland).
Santa Fe Institute (and SFI Business Network)
Leading quantitative complexity studies institution (George Cowan, Murray Gell-Mann).
Shaping Tomorrow
Subscription-based trend analysis and futures database community. Free newsletter. (Michael Jackson).
Shell Scenarios Group
Scenario planning pioneers. Long term energy and technology futures.
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Essays and projects on artificial intelligence and transhumanism (Eliezer Yudkowsky).
Social Technologies
Corporate and institutional futures consultancy (Tom Conger).
SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) and SRI Consulting (Chemical, Health, etc.)
With RAND, one of the oldest and largest foresight consulting think tanks. More research than policy oriented today. 2,000+ employees.
Strategic Foresight Group (Sundeep Waslekar) (India)
Excellent sociopolitical foresight work. Cost of conflict, Western-Islamic relations, geostrategic issues.
Stratfor
Private intelligence for global business, economics, security, and geopolitics.
Sunlight Foundation
Making government transparent and accountable by focusing on the digitization of govt data and the future of networked democracy.
Tech America
Trade assn representing many U.S. IT industry leaders, promoting U.S. IT competitiveness.
TechCast
Expert-based (Delphi) tech trend forecasting and analysis community (Bill Halal).
Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Maximizing technology’s contribution to economic growth, high-wage job creation, and the social well being of the United States. Includes NIST, NTIS and OTP.
Technology Futures
Technology forecasting methods, specializing in telecommunications, depreciation and valuation, and general forecasting. (Lawrence Vanston)
TED
Top conference series on Technology, Entertainment, and Design for business and social leaders. Great videos.
The 451 Group
Technology-industry analysts focused on enterprise IT innovation and M&A forecasting
The Future Laboratory (UK)
Fashion, consumer, and retail trends consultancy (Martin Raymond, Tom Savigar).
TNO (Org. for Applied Scientific Research) (Netherlands)
Very large independent research organization improving competitiveness and innovation for governments, companies, and organizations.
Trendburo
Social and marketing trend consultancy (Matthias Horx, Oona Strathern).
Trendirama
Collaborative platform for writing and rating articles about the future of a variety of topics (Javier Marti)
Trends Research Institute (TRI)
A network of 25 multidisciplinary experts who forecast, analyze and track trends (Gerald Celente).
Trend Union
A leading fashion, brand and social trends consultancy. Paris based. (Lidewij Edelkoort)
TTI/Vanguard
Five conference/year forum for evaluation of emerging and breakthrough information technologies for Fortune 500's and top institutions. $30,000/seat. (Hal Levin)
Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the Progress of Science
Great annual conference on the Future of Science. (Venice, Italy).
U.S. Air War College - Future Studies
Futures perspectives on security, warfighting, strategy, sci-tech, counterproliferation, innovation adoption, and other topics. (Ted Hailes)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) and
Foresight and Governance Project at WWICS
Center is a living memorial for President Wilson, the only U.S. president with a Ph.D., who believed public service and scholarship should be unified. Acceleration-aware "policy dialog in a Moore's Law World." (David Rejeski)
Woodside Institute
Complexity-inspired (resilience and innovation) strategic planning (Gary Hamel, Liisa Valikangas).
Worldchanging.org
Models, tools and ideas for building a bright green future. Worthy successors to Whole Earth Review and Whole Earth Catalog.
World Future Council
The first well-funded effort (5 million Euros) at creating an international consortium of futures researchers. Focused on sustainability over innovation, yet a good balance to Western views. New HQ in 2007.
World Future Society - Professional Forum
World's oldest professional foresight organization. (Ed and Jeff Cornish, Cindy Wagner, Sue Echard).
World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)
The oldest (1968) truly global association of scholarly futurists committed to a better future of humankind. Welcomes scholars, practitioners, students, organizations and all serious users of futures research and strategic foresight. New work: the next generation of the work. (Jennifer Gidley, Jim Dator, Eleonora Masini, Ruben Nelson)
World Technology Network
Multidisciplinary association of scientists and technologists creating new technologies and business processes. Invitation only.
World Transhumanist Association
Considering technological changes to the human condition in the near and longer-term future (Nick Bostrom, James Hughes).
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Futures consultancy serving government, corporations, non-profits, Jennifer Jarratt and John B. Mahaffie, principals
Lifeboat Foundation
Encouraging scientific advancement and better characterization of existential risks (Eric Klein).
Linden Lab
Creators of Second Life, the award-winning 3D online world where users create, inhabit, and own all digital content of their own design (Philip Rosedale, Cory Ondrejka)
LIPSOR (Laboratory for Investigation in Prospective Strategy and Org) (France)
Strategic foresight in emerging technologies. Strong PhD tech foresight program through CNAM.
Long Now Foundation
Promoting long-term thinking and action. Excellent Seminars About Long-Term Thinking. See Long Bets for publicly-accountable long-term predictions (Jeff Bezos, Stuart Brand, Kevin Kelly).
Long Future Research Group (Hungary)
An attempt to look at the future on cosmological timescales (Eva Toth).
Maker Faire
The world’s largest DIY festivals, celebrating prototyping and design innovation.
ManyWorlds
Strategy, innovation, futures, and collaborative process management (Steve Flynn).
Markle Foundation
Accelerating communications media and information technology development to improve civic life.
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Interdisciplinary and innovative research in the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and humanities. 21,000 staff.
McKinsey Global Institute
Economic research think tank of McKinsey & Co. Excellent broad reporting.
Mercer
Leading global HR, strategy, and financial consultancy. Strong foresight focus.
Monitor 360 (San Francisco, CA)
Foresight on complex and ambiguous geo-strategic challenges for governments, policy makers, multinational businesses, and NGOs.(Doug Randall, Peter Schwartz)
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NAIC)
Seeks proposals for revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts from outside thinkers and researchers. Model for eliciting high-leverage public foresight.
National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC)
National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Japan's largest public research organization. Bleeding edge.
National Intelligence Council of the CIA
The U.S. intelligence community's center for mid- and long-term strategic thinking. Excellent futures publications.
National Security Agency
A cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States government, administered as part of the US Dept. of Defense.
Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI)
Foresight research in learning technologies, advanced sciences, defense technologies, and cyber conflict.
OECD PISA (Program for International School Assessment)
Rates the OECD countries annually in the competitiveness of their 15 year olds. The US is now average in the OECD rankings, and on a declining trend at present.
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
To foster, plan, facilitate and transition scientific research.
PA Consulting Group
One of the oldest and largest global mgmt, systems, and tech consulting groups.
Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto, CA USA)
Provide analytics platforms for top financial and intelligence clients.
Panopticon
Innovative visioning and alternative futures group in Antwerp (Belgium).
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
Xerox subsidiary. Interdisciplinary R&D in physical, comp., and social sciences.
Pardee Center for the Study of the Long Range Future, Boston U.
Exploring the world's long-term political and social future.
Principia Cybernetica Project
Leading portal for exploring concepts in cybernetics, systems theory, and complex adaptive systems (Francis Heylighen)
Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University
Exploring how long-run technical change relates to productivity and efficiency of energy, materials, land, and other resources, and the consequences for human populations. Elucidating our progression toward a micro-emissions society.
PSFK
Trends, innovation and market consulting, publishing, and conferences (Piers Fawkes)
RAND Corporation (and RAND Pardee Center)
Trend extrapolation, policy studies and tech assessment pioneers.
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
Advancing risk management globally. Serves 10,000 risk and insurance management professionals.
Rocky Mountain Institute
Innovation and technology oriented sustainability organization. Natural capitalism paradigm (Amory Lovins).
Royal Dutch Shell
Pioneers of scenario foresight methodology. Foresight, forescasting and scenario planning are deeply imbedded in Shell culture (Jeremy Bentham)
SAMI (St. Andrews Management Institute) Consulting
Scenario planning, strategy, and risk management consulting to deliver resilient decisions in uncertain times (Gill Ringland).
Santa Fe Institute (and SFI Business Network)
Leading quantitative complexity studies institution (George Cowan, Murray Gell-Mann).
Shaping Tomorrow
Subscription-based trend analysis and futures database community. Free newsletter. (Michael Jackson).
Shell Scenarios Group
Scenario planning pioneers. Long term energy and technology futures.
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Essays and projects on artificial intelligence and transhumanism (Eliezer Yudkowsky).
Social Technologies
Corporate and institutional futures consultancy (Tom Conger).
SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) and SRI Consulting (Chemical, Health, etc.)
With RAND, one of the oldest and largest foresight consulting think tanks. More research than policy oriented today. 2,000+ employees.
Strategic Foresight Group (Sundeep Waslekar) (India)
Excellent sociopolitical foresight work. Cost of conflict, Western-Islamic relations, geostrategic issues.
Stratfor
Private intelligence for global business, economics, security, and geopolitics.
Sunlight Foundation
Making government transparent and accountable by focusing on the digitization of govt data and the future of networked democracy.
Tech America
Trade assn representing many U.S. IT industry leaders, promoting U.S. IT competitiveness.
TechCast
Expert-based (Delphi) tech trend forecasting and analysis community (Bill Halal).
Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Maximizing technology’s contribution to economic growth, high-wage job creation, and the social well being of the United States. Includes NIST, NTIS and OTP.
Technology Futures
Technology forecasting methods, specializing in telecommunications, depreciation and valuation, and general forecasting. (Lawrence Vanston)
TED
Top conference series on Technology, Entertainment, and Design for business and social leaders. Great videos.
The 451 Group
Technology-industry analysts focused on enterprise IT innovation and M&A forecasting
The Future Laboratory (UK)
Fashion, consumer, and retail trends consultancy (Martin Raymond, Tom Savigar).
TNO (Org. for Applied Scientific Research) (Netherlands)
Very large independent research organization improving competitiveness and innovation for governments, companies, and organizations.
Trendburo
Social and marketing trend consultancy (Matthias Horx, Oona Strathern).
Trendirama
Collaborative platform for writing and rating articles about the future of a variety of topics (Javier Marti)
Trends Research Institute (TRI)
A network of 25 multidisciplinary experts who forecast, analyze and track trends (Gerald Celente).
Trend Union
A leading fashion, brand and social trends consultancy. Paris based. (Lidewij Edelkoort)
TTI/Vanguard
Five conference/year forum for evaluation of emerging and breakthrough information technologies for Fortune 500's and top institutions. $30,000/seat. (Hal Levin)
Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the Progress of Science
Great annual conference on the Future of Science. (Venice, Italy).
U.S. Air War College - Future Studies
Futures perspectives on security, warfighting, strategy, sci-tech, counterproliferation, innovation adoption, and other topics. (Ted Hailes)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) and
Foresight and Governance Project at WWICS
Center is a living memorial for President Wilson, the only U.S. president with a Ph.D., who believed public service and scholarship should be unified. Acceleration-aware "policy dialog in a Moore's Law World." (David Rejeski)
Woodside Institute
Complexity-inspired (resilience and innovation) strategic planning (Gary Hamel, Liisa Valikangas).
Worldchanging.org
Models, tools and ideas for building a bright green future. Worthy successors to Whole Earth Review and Whole Earth Catalog.
World Future Council
The first well-funded effort (5 million Euros) at creating an international consortium of futures researchers. Focused on sustainability over innovation, yet a good balance to Western views. New HQ in 2007.
World Future Society - Professional Forum
World's oldest professional foresight organization. (Ed and Jeff Cornish, Cindy Wagner, Sue Echard).
World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)
The oldest (1968) truly global association of scholarly futurists committed to a better future of humankind. Welcomes scholars, practitioners, students, organizations and all serious users of futures research and strategic foresight. New work: the next generation of the work. (Jennifer Gidley, Jim Dator, Eleonora Masini, Ruben Nelson)
World Technology Network
Multidisciplinary association of scientists and technologists creating new technologies and business processes. Invitation only.
World Transhumanist Association
Considering technological changes to the human condition in the near and longer-term future (Nick Bostrom, James Hughes).
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