FUTURIST CONSULTANT

Who do you turn to when you need insight about the future? To help you set strategy, lay out long term objectives, or kick off some new innovation?

As a futurist, I work with a huge range of organisations and at every level, from new product development teams and researchers, right up to executive teams and the boardroom. I offer perspectives, trends and new ways of thinking about the future. I’ve helped companies to set technology strategy, acquire strategic assets, create new snacks and bring new products to market.

If you need external input on any of a whole range of future-focused consulting challenges, make me your first call.

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Consulting Services

The nature of consulting means that every engagement is bespoke. But you can largely break my work down into three categories: foresight, change and innovation, and training.

FORESIGHT

The first thing many clients come to me for is foresight. They want to look to the future, to inform strategy, investment, risk management, or product innovation. Foresight takes many forms, depending on the time horizon, the sector, the desired outcome and also the budget and deadline. So every project is unique.

Engagements range from a one hour telephone consultation, through to six month scenario planning programmes. Drop me a line to chat through your needs and find out if I am the right person to help you.

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CHANGE & INNOVATION

Foresight is just one of the steps on the path to building an athletic organisation. I also get involved in helping companies, public bodies and third sector organisations to change. This ranges from new product innovation, to process improvement, to complete structural change to maximise agility and responsiveness.

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TRAINING

“Teach someone to fish…” etc

Every organisation should have foresight and storytelling as key parts of its management skill set. I help organisations to build tailored foresight programmes that work for them, and teach the skills of foresight to every level of manager from the shop floor to the board room.

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Consulting Clients

The nature of my consulting work means that I can’t ever talk about precisely how I’ve helped many of my futurist consulting clients. But I can name some of them.

Engagements with these organisations range from multiple one to two-hour consulting calls, through to six-month long engagements culminating in board presentations, and everything in between.