In highly uncertain times, it can be challenging to look beyond the fog of the present and plan for the longer term future. Yet, we know that this is essential to ensure the survival and success of our organisations.

Outsights helps organisations to make sense of the complexities and uncertainties of the future environment, understanding how these impact organisations, and creating several Futures or Scenarios for which to prepare, enabling decision makers to develop robust strategic plans and make better decisions today for tomorrow.

Our co-founders and senior practitioners have many years experience working with – and engaging – large groups of senior people in scenario work, across many geographies and in most sectors.

The Outsights approach is distinctive:

• Outside-in thinking:gaining “insights from the outside” before tackling the internal issues
• Made-to-measure: a collaborative approach, minimizing the use of pre-packaged processes or content
• Enabling, not directing: real and sustained change comes from within

We combine process and content, we push for action, and the human dimension plays a critical role in our involvement in creating sustainable change.

Learning from the Future

A bird's eye view of scenario work in private and public sector organisations featuring interviews with leading figures in business, Government and practitioners in the field.

Tomorrow's World Today: Outsights On the Challenges of Horizon Scanning

A review of the Sigma Scan programme (www.sigmascan.org) developed by Outsights and Ipsos MORI for the UK Government, and how it can lead to action.

Future of the Global Economy to 2030

Four different paths for the future of the global economy in the midst of the present crisis created with input from experts in the banking, public, NGO and development sectors.