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ResearchCapabilityServicesSignalsAbout
ResearchCapabilityServicesSignalsAbout

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.

10+ frontier AI models in parallel

Multiple leading models run in parallel; agreement is signal, disagreement is novelty.

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

Our sensing layer, run by your team.

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.

How Signals works

  • 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

    Findings land on an interactive radar, and read just as well as a table or a card grid. Rerun the scan and watch what moved.

Services

Choose how you want to work with us.

Each service strengthens named 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 Starter.Strengthens sensing and sensemaking.
Vibe coding
I want my team to build
Build Sessions: non-technical teams go from idea to working prototype in an afternoon, and keep the skill. Up to 10 people.Strengthens experimentation and learning.
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.
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Institutions have more intelligence than ever.
Acting on it is the constraint.

Signals is our sensing layer. Start with a scan. Bring us in when the question needs more.

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Armasuisse logo
Atelier logo
WFP logo
SWIFT logo
Qiddiya logo
Accenture logo
Coca-Cola logo
Swarovski logo
SICPA logo
AB InBev logo
WIPO logo
Comgas logo
McKinsey logo
BAT logo
RCU logo
Nestlé logo
EIT logo
WGS logo
IEEE logo
Adidas logo
WKO logo
Natura logo
BMW logo
EPRI logo
Hoya logo
Bain logo
AGC logo
UNDP logo
Policy Horizons Canada logo
Novo Nordisk logo
SEBRAE logo
Siemens logo
AMIL logo
EY logo
Visa logo
BNP Paribas logo
GIZ logo
Nubank logo
ANBIMA logo
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Open research

We publish most of what we research. Free to read and reuse.
Impulse
Sensory & Behavioral Influence

Stimulus-design technologies, psychoactive delivery systems, perception modulation, and behavioral influence mechanisms.

Wintermute
Artificial Intelligence

AI systems, autonomous agents, synthetic cognition, and machine-driven intelligence architectures.

Haul
Supply Chain & Logistics

Warehousing systems, global logistics, autonomous transport, and supply-chain intelligence.

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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
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
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
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