# Methodology | Envisioning

Source: https://www.envisioning.com/methodology

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# How we frame, scan, check and read signals.

The sensing and sensemaking method behind our open research and Signals. Frame the question, scan widely, check what comes back, and give a team a result it can discuss and challenge.

## What the models do

Signals runs one brief through 10+ frontier AI models in parallel. Every signal keeps its sources, and each source is checked and labeled supports, contradicts, unrelated or unreachable.

## What we decide

We frame the question with you, pick the signals that matter to your decision and tell you what they mean. When several models agree, we look closer. We keep a claim when its sources back it up.

## How to use this

Read the method

Read it in order, from how to frame a question through to reading signals and making sense of them together.

Apply to open radars

Try the method on any of our 47+ open radars. They are free, and they are real research.

Operationalize in teams

Run it yourself, in workshops and planning cycles, and keep it running between them.

Methodology chapters

[Chapter 01

Strategic Foresight](/methodology/strategic-foresight)[Chapter 01

The Envisioning Foresight Philosophy](/methodology/introduction)[Chapter 02

Scenario Planning](/methodology/scenario-planning)[Chapter 02

Signal Scanning and Discovery](/methodology/signal-scanning)[Chapter 03

Megatrends](/methodology/megatrends)[Chapter 03

Pattern Recognition and Analysis](/methodology/pattern-recognition)[Chapter 04

Three Horizons](/methodology/three-horizons)[Chapter 04

Insight Synthesis and Storytelling](/methodology/insight-synthesis)[Chapter 05

Application and Strategic Implementation](/methodology/strategic-implementation)[Chapter 05

Horizon Scanning](/methodology/horizon-scanning)[Chapter 06

Futures Thinking](/methodology/futures-thinking)[Chapter 06

Why the Envisioning Model Matters](/methodology/conclusion)[Chapter 07

Weak Signals](/methodology/weak-signals)[Chapter 08

Wildcards](/methodology/wildcards)[Chapter 09

Scenario Analysis](/methodology/scenario-analysis)[Chapter 10

Foresight Methodology](/methodology/foresight-methodology)

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