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FUTURES:

Seize the Future Now!

Mette Mikkelsen and I have developed a new platform of services designed to help companies and organizations seize the future now. We are launching it under the name ‘Kaleidoscope’, and it consists of a variety of futures workshops, international futures research, key note presentations, and a hands-one toolbox – all based on solid methodologies, processes and tools for working with the future, and with a very strong focus on how companies and organizations can translate it all into action!

Why are we doing this? Because many organizations and companies have a critical need to take more ownership of future change. But often, they miss the methods and tools for taking action. Through Kaleidoscope, we help identify future change. And we offer the tools to turn distant future scenarios into short- and medium term innovation!

Contact us on +45 52159476 or +45 4111322 if you are curious to hear more!

FUTURES:

Seize the Future Now!

Mette Mikkelsen and myself had the opportunity to discuss how future scenarios can help transform wicked problems in a public context into inspiring opportunity spaces.

In this beautiful room - with a tough crowd of futurists from Aarhus Kommune - we had an inspiring session

- so thank you Ina Bøge Eskildsen; Trine Naldal og Jens Christian Sandbjerg.

KEY NOTE SPEECH:

How to Power Up Your Innovation with Insights!

In June 22, Future Minds designed a Master Class for IKEA titled: “How to Power Up Your Innovation Through Deep Human Insights”. It consisted of a 45 minute key note speech transmitted live to 400 innovation professionals, and a concrete toolbox with key tools, templates and processes for immediate implementation. It also consisted of a workshop session, where participants had a chance to try out the toolbox.

COURSE:

Learn how to work more systematically with your innovation

Do you want to improve the innovation power of your company? Maybe Opportunity Space Academy is something for you! In 4 online or 2 physical workshops, we will give you a solid understanding of the tools for building opportunity spaces as a way of strengthening the innovation power of your company, department or organization. We will guide you through a hands-on process, where you get a chance to build your own opportunity spaces and translate them into design briefs or pilot projects.

VIDEO:

Why consumer centricity improves your innovation power

This is the first in a future row of videos from Future Minds. All videos provide perspectives on and tools for how you can become more succesful with your innovation in the future. In this first video, Anne Flemmert Jensen speaks about why consumer centricity works as an effective navigation tool that will help you focus on and prioritize the most crucial features and propositions.

REPORT:

Understanding the needs behind sustainable mobility

Mobility and Energy are two of the biggest factors when wanting to build a more environmenally sustainable world! But what are the drivers behind people's everyday behavior when it comes to these things? While the importance of taking care of the environment is definitely among the drivers, the vast amount of people are still driven by other factors like image, economy, and convenience.....

INTERVIEW:

Here is the reason why adults play more than they used to

Anne Flemmert Jensen was interviewed by Sara Alfort from Zetland. In the interview, Anne pointed to the fact that play has been and is undergoing great change these days. "One of the things that are happening to play is that it's rapidly expanding. It is expanding into new spheres, new digital platforms, and across age groups"....

OFFICE:

Visit us at House of Innovation in Kolding

Future Minds is based in Kolding, Denmark, in the beautiful offices of House of Innovation. The Building used to be an affiliate of the Danish National Bank, and the aura from ancient times still lingers on in the building with green marble stairs, and solid oak floors.

ARTICLE:

Improve your innovation power - become customer centric!

What does it mean to be customer centric? First and foremost, it means that the customer is at the heart of every decision made in your organization. It needs to be deeply ingrained in your culture and mindset, structure and ways of working, as well as tools and processes applied. Becoming truly customer-centric demands a transformation of your business and how you operate it. It will not happen over-night. But that should not prevent you from getting started!

PODCAST:

My Innovation & Insights Leadership Journey

Anne Flemmert Jensen, the CEO and founder of Future Minds was interviewed by The Innovation Community Podcast. Here she explains about some of the key factors for translating insights into strategy and innovation. What exites her about insights. And last, but not least: She shares key learnings from her own leadership journey!

Listen to the podcast here.

WEBINAR:

5 Key Consumer Changes Coming out of Covid-19

Andreas Kjær Thomsen from CCG Innovation and Anne Flemmert Jensen from Future Minds gave a webinar in the Spring of 2020 talking about how companies could tackle the covid crisis and the changes in consumer behavior coming out of it. This is a shortened version that highlights 5 expected changes in consumer behavior coming out of the covid crisis. Click on the start button to hear the recording.