Futurognostics

Together with our clients we evaluate their existing situation in relation to the future. What are the current ideas and opinions, stories and practices related to the possible futures?

We spend time together, ask questions, listen, observe and probe clients’ assumptions about their assuming futures, both explicit and more hidden, ‘shadow’ ones. This shapes our joint understanding of what kind of transformation towards the future is required.

Constructing ‘future spaces’

When the most relevant ‘future dilemmas’ are identified, we construct the ‘future spaces’, future ‘mini-worlds’ that will be explored and played with. Depending on the clients’ issues, a specific ‘gameplays’ are developed, a unique combinations of activities, reflections, and creations to help new forms of thoughts and actions to emerge.

It is a creative process whereby our hypotheses about the futures are translated into multi-sensorial, interactive immersive environments where our clients will not only be able to understand the futures, but sense and experience them.

Playful transformation

We then guide our clients through these future spaces, managing their immersion and interactions. We go through these experiences and discoveries together, reflect upon new emerging ideas and practices, shape and anchor new ‘memories of the future’. Finally, we evaluate with our clients what are the signals of new behaviors and practices, new ideas and tangible artifacts we can now see.

Flows of future experiences

For every client the Summ( )n team constructs a customized flow of the ‘future experiences’. We may provide new information and knowledge about possible future developments, or help in generating the fresh insights from the existing data. For some people it means ‘innovation’ or ‘new business’, for others – a ‘strategic plan’ or a ‘program of development’. Whatever the name, through the guided actions and reflections people can start ‘feeling‘ the futures, discover new ideas and solutions, and develop new skills required by the future.

We summon the futures. For you to play with them now.

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