The economic crisis has cast uncertainty over every aspect of business. How do you plan for what comes next? Is it possible to see through the fog of today and spot the opportunities of the future?

The Future Economy Scenarios have been developed with leading economists and roundtable discussions with the public, private and Third sectors, to take the long view on possible future directions after the economic downturn.

The Scenarios provides a clear framework to answer the following questions for organisations:

• Is our strategy still robust?
• Are we doing all the right things in response to the downturn?
• What is the worst case Scenario?
• Are we ready for an upturn?
• Which opportunities will be winners?

The Scenarios are being used by companies to test strategy in workshops; as speeches to open up audiences' thinking about the Future and at Board level to start thinking past the recession.

In addition, Outsights Partner Richard O'Brien puts his unique expertise as one of the world's leading global futurists and former Chief Economist of American Express Bank to work in his Fog blog, tracking the Scenarios on a fortnightly basis to help readers navigate the current uncertainty.

Case studies: Future Economy Scenarios

Recent examples of how some companies have been using the Future Economy Scenarios to start thinking past the recession.