# Envisioning | Research Institute

Source: https://www.envisioning.com

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# Envisioning is a research institute that studies how institutions adapt to technological change.

We map what is emerging, measure the capacity to respond to it, and build what strengthens that capacity.

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10+ frontier AI models in parallel

Multiple leading models run in parallel. Where they agree, the finding is stronger. Where they disagree, it may be new.

16 years in operation

Operating since 2010, Envisioning has delivered research and foresight to organizations worldwide.

200+ projects completed

Engagements across governments, global consultancies, and corporate innovation teams.

## How institutions adapt

We study why some institutions adapt to change and others do not. We help institutions become adaptive.

Scarce intelligence about change

Abundant intelligence about change

High capacity to act

### Fast but blind

Acts quickly on what it happens to see and misses the rest.

### Adaptive

Notices change early, decides under uncertainty, experiments, and keeps what works.

Low capacity to act

### Late

Change arrives as a surprise. The response comes after it.

### Informed but stuck

Reports, dashboards and AI summaries accumulate. Decisions do not follow.

## Signals

The research platform your team runs.

The research platform your team operates directly. Scan across frontier models, verify signals against sources, and watch what moves between one scan and the next.

Scan

[How Signals works](/signals)

-   Brief
    
    A guided chat turns your question into a scope, an audience and a set of constraints, so every model answers the same question.
    
-   Verify
    
    Every signal keeps its sources. Each one is checked and labelled supports, contradicts, unrelated or unreachable, and that state stays visible.
    
-   Explore
    
    Signals shows findings on an interactive radar, as a table or as a card grid. Rerun the scan to see what changed.
    

## Open research

We publish most of what we research. Free to read and reuse.

Atmos

Climate & Energy

Climate technologies, energy systems, storage solutions, and environmental engineering.

[/research/atmos](/research/atmos)

Vector

Mobility & Transportation

Autonomous mobility, EV infrastructure, multimodal transport, and logistics technologies.

[/research/vector](/research/vector)

Vault

Finance & Insurance

Banking infrastructure, capital-market systems, insurance technologies, and financial innovation.

[/research/vault](/research/vault)

[View our research](/research)

## Services

Choose how you want to work with us.

Each service works on two of the seven dimensions of adaptive capacity. All three run on Signals.

Done for you

I want research done for me

Signals Session: one strategic question, run by our analysts, ready within days, including a year of [Signals Pro](https://signals.envisioning.com/pricing).Strengthens sensing and sensemaking.

[/services/research-sessions](/services/research-sessions)

Vibe coding

I want my team to build

Build Sessions: non-technical teams go from idea to working prototype in a half day, and keep the skill. Up to 10 people.Strengthens experimentation and learning.

[/services/build-sessions](/services/build-sessions)

Custom program

I need something custom

Bespoke Projects: a research tool built for your organization, with its own data model and access controls.Strengthens coordination and decision.

[/services/bespoke-projects](/services/bespoke-projects)

[View our services](/services)

## Impact

What each organization decided after the research.

Charting the Energy Transition

In partnership with IEEE, we turned the PES Technical Roadmap into a comparative foresight tool their teams use internally, to weigh decisions about the energy transition toward net zero by 2050.

2026

[/services/impact/ieee](/services/impact/ieee)

Scanning the Green Transition in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foresight radars for UNDP's five-year Green Transition programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina, surfacing citation-backed signals of change across decarbonisation, circularity and environmental justice to feed directly into portfolio reviews and programming decisions.

2025

[/services/impact/undp-bih](/services/impact/undp-bih)

Shaping the Future of Brazilian Capital Markets

Strategic radar for ANBIMA to map the 50 most relevant innovations expected to transform Brazil’s capital markets in the near future.

2025

[/services/impact/anbima](/services/impact/anbima)

[View client impact](/services/impact)

## Institutions have more intelligence than ever.  
Most struggle to act on it.

Signals is our research platform. Start with a Signal Scan. Contact us if you want us to work on the question with you.

[Run a Signal Scan](https://signals.envisioning.com/scan-request)[Contact us](/contact)
