Anticipate disruptions and what they mean for your future products
We’re known for seeing through conventional wisdom. This helps to see over the horizon more clearly and anticipate how big-picture shifts will impact consumers and product requirements.
Outputs
Future scoping
Painting a broad picture of the future to identify potential disruptions and stimulate more searching conversations.
Opportunity identification
Translating trends analysis into opportunity areas, future scenarios and value propositions.
Experience inspiration
Fuelling product ideas with stimulating design, consumer and technology trends.
Case studies
Growth opportunities inspired by new consumer lifestyles
Lead the development of a distinctive and inspiring range of…
Design device propositions – with recurring service revenues.
Develop and communicate a point of view on the future
Growth opportunities inspired by new consumer lifestyles
‘Kevin and Plan have now conducted several social foresight projects for Yamaha Motor Europe over the past decade, and it is stunning how prescient and coherent the forecasts have been. Plan’s ability to get messages across in well-structured presentations also contributes to the value of their work.’
‘Plan helped us create a clearer picture of the future, and worked closely with my team to widen our perspective and sharpen the
communication of our concepts.’
‘Samsung’s design team has turned to Plan for almost two decades when we need clear foresight
and design recommendations.’
‘The product vision foresight that Plan provided was entirely new to Coway and helped our team expand its product planning perspective globally
and further into the future.’
Views
Tips on how to shorten your odds on future bets
Some of the decisions to be made around Mobility services, EVs and AVs
Three reasons why we should welcome the march of the robots
The CASE – Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric – vision faces severe delays
Some see advantages over smartphones and tablets; others see a niche product
Just because we think it's cool, doesn't mean the masses will buy it.
Still not as disruptive as smartphones
Eight tips to shorten your foresight odds
Wheres the future value? Infotainment, driver assistance, insurance data, vehicle health
Working out what to do next around products... and why.