| Directory > Society > Future > Consultants Alternative Futures Associates
AFA provides futures research services to business and industry. Using such methods as vision
coaching, scenario development, environmental scanning and forecasting, and futures workshops, they
provide futures studies on topics ranging from healthcare and pharmaceuticals, to finances,
investment, and consumer products, to the natural and built environment, as well as emerging
technologies such as nanotechnology. Case studies, staff biographies, and contact information is
provided.
http://www.altfutures-afa.com/
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Social Technologies
Offers services in technology foresight, forecasting, scenario planning, vision, creativity, and
leadership; includes examples of typical "Global Lifestyle" briefs.
http://www.socialtechnologies.com/
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Creating At Will
Describes services offered by Laurie Sheppard in life coaching, individual change management and
strategic planning, and career development; includes client testimonials, workshop descriptions,
and books.
http://www.creatingatwill.com/
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Annimac Consultants
Futurist Anni Macbeth provides seminars, workshops, keynotes, and essays; this site includes
current and archived newsletters and articles exploring forecasts, ideas about the future, and life
coaching based on current and emerging trends of change.
http://www.annimac.com.au/
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Roger Dennis - Technology Strategy and Research
Technological forecasting, research, and strategy services focussed on the computer and
telecommunications sectors; contact information and link to example work on client's site.
http://www.rogerdennis.com
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Strategic Futures International
Consultants offering strategic forecasting, planning, and management based on applied futures
research used to enable foresight in all phases of corporate activity; approach overview and
training seminar agenda, links to further futures research resources.
http://www.sfutures.com/
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Global Options
Offers resources related to futures studies, peace studies, systems studies, conflict resolution,
and spirituality; essays, course descriptions, course modules and workshops, and an introduction to
futures studies available on site.
http://www.csudh.edu/global_options/
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Futurist.com
Offers keynote speeches, seminars, scenario building and preferred future workshops; site contains
many articles on future trends, ideas on business, space, and science fiction.
http://www.futurist.com/
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Joseph Coates Consulting Futurist, Inc.
Offers services including consulting, articles, workshops and speeches about the study of the
future; extensive online resources list.
http://josephcoates.com
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Future Speak
Coordinates requests between organizations and futures speakers and facilitators for lectures,
briefings, workshops, and conferences; lists sample forecasts.
http://www.futurespeak.com/
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The Futures-Lab
Forecasting and foresight for businesses, emphasizing creativity and the unexpected for purposes of
branding, reinvention, and strategic positioning; on-line resources include program descriptions,
articles, book reviews, and "news from the future."
http://www.futures-lab.com/
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Z + Partners
Specializes in emerging futures and forecasting as bootstraps to ideation, design innovation, and
branding; articles, interviews, book reviews and blog available on-line.
http://www.zpluspartners.com/
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Global Future Forum
A fee-based service linking futurists, decision-makers, and business leaders in order to inject
foresight into decision-making and expand available foresight tools; organizes conferences,
research reports and projects, and workshop; site offers some links to relevant readings.
http://www.thegff.com/
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Infinite Futures: Foresight Training and Facilitation
Includes futures research-based presentations, essays, course syllabi, research tools, and group
process exercises to enhance foresight in communities, organizations, and individuals.
http://www.infinitefutures.com/
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Jim Pinto
Consultant with expertise in industrial automation offers technology foresight, business
strategies, angel investing, and merger and acquisition services; site features extensive essay
collection and annotated bibliography.
http://www.jimpinto.com/
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Amber Network - Creative Coaching and Leadership Development
Leadership workshops and training programs for businesses and organizations; focussed on multiple
leadership skills including foresight.
http://www.ambercoaching.com/
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Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.
Firm founded in 1977 identifies and evaluates emerging issues of change for strategic management.
Services include research, workshops, and speaking; the "From Our Files" section offers
synopses of past trend reports.
http://www.weineredrichbrown.com/
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The Domani Group
Research, training, and design services in issues management, forecasting, and scenario-based
planning; conducts focus groups and Delphi analyses of organizational stakeholders regarding
critical issues; site includes clear descriptions of approach, process, and workshops.
http://www.domanigroup.com/
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Prospektiker
Basque futures consulting firm specializing in economic development and local and urban planning
using trends-based impact assessment and strategy formation.
http://www.prospektiker.es/home2.html
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Future Management Group
Research and training to enhance entrepreneurial foresight, including data on change and emerging
markets and management of both opportunities and uncertainties which result; presentations,
research, and workshops.
http://www.micic.com/zusammenarbeit/f_englisch.html
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Prospectiva
Offers training in foresight, emerging issues analysis, scenario building and planning, and in
futures-focussed curriculum resource development for teachers, including an on-line interactive
module for teachers and students, the "Learning eXpedition Map."
http://www.prospectiva.net/
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Planet-TECH Associates
Designs community and policy innovations for social, economic, and environmental progress; creates
interactive websites for community learning and decision-making; and builds on-line futures
learning environments linking public school classes globally to envision possible and preferred
futures.
http://www.planet-tech.com/
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Leading Futurists LLC
Services include research on emerging issues of change, scenario building, keynote speeches,
workshops, and strategy formulation; site includes "Insight" essays on futures thinking.
Principals: Jennifer Jarratt and John Mahaffie.
http://www.leadingfuturists.biz/
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Christensen Associates Management Consultants, Inc.
Offers seminars and workshops in futures research, project management, product development, and
manager development. Located in Playa del Rey, California.
http://www.camcinc.com/
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Van der Werff Global
Concentrates on global trends that affect business and the future of the workplace. Offers critical
trends listed by sector, a strategic planning model, articles, and an annotated bibliography.
http://www.globalfuture.com/
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Karl Albrecht International
Lectures and workshops to improve thinking, leadership, and awareness of emerging change; includes
lecture and workshop descriptions, books, videos, and downloads of powerpoint slides.
http://karlalbrecht.com/
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Marcel Bullinga
Offers presentations and workshops focussed on emerging Internet trends and their impacts on
organizations; site contains article reprints and description of "Future Check"
workshops.
http://www.marcelbullinga.nl/
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Gene Stephens, Futurist.
Includes background, clients, "creative futures" (a brief overview on futures thinking),
and "food for thought" (examples of emerging change).
http://www.thefuturegene.com
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David Pearce Snyder
Contains current papers, interviews, letters, lecture descriptions, publications, and reprints;
each focussed on a different change trend.
http://www.davidpearcesnyder.com/
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The Vision Center for Futures Creation
A Swedish consulting and training company specializing in studies of the future; includes a
futurist "learning style inventory," articles, an on-line newsletter (free registration
required), and book and organizational resources.
http://www.framtidsbygget.se
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