# Use cases | Envisioning Source: https://www.envisioning.com/services/use-cases --- # Use cases by audience How organizations use Signals in strategy, innovation, policy, and transformation. [Back to services](/services) ## Find your role Pick your role and see how we help, with outcomes and examples that fit. For Innovation Teams Test more opportunities and scale the ones that prove useful. [/services/for-innovation-teams](/services/for-innovation-teams) For Strategy Teams Turn changing conditions into choices the organization can act on. [/services/for-strategy-teams](/services/for-strategy-teams) For Consultants Sense more of the environment and spend your time on interpretation. [/services/for-consultants](/services/for-consultants) For Associations Help members build a shared view of what is changing. [/services/for-associations](/services/for-associations) For Foresight Make sensing and sensemaking part of the decisions you support. [/services/for-foresight](/services/for-foresight) For Governments Coordinate evidence across agencies when a decision has consequences. [/services/for-governments](/services/for-governments) For L&D Teams Turn AI awareness into a team learning practice. [/services/for-learning-teams](/services/for-learning-teams) [Compare service models](/services/how) ## Applications Browse by capability: each application includes summary, description, and key outcomes. --- Filter by function All functionsInnovation TeamsStrategy TeamsConsultantsAssociationsForesightGovernmentsL&D Teams Jump to a use case - Strategic horizon scan - Innovation mapping - Technology roadmapping - Ecosystem visualization - Research acceleration - Policy impact assessment - Organizational transformation --- ## Strategic horizon scan ForStrategy TeamsForesight Identifying and validating emerging trends to inform long-term strategic planning and reduce blind spots. Teams use the platform to get past manual desk research and test what they already assume about the future, early enough to change course. - Leverage multi-model AI scanning to identify weak signals and high-impact trends across STEEP categories. - Validate theoretical objectives and prioritize R&D investments. - Ensure strategic roadmaps align with external market shifts. ### Related case studies The Future of Energy for Utilities A joint initiative with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to identify and analyze emerging energy technologies that are driving innovation within the utility sector. 2024 [/services/impact/epri](/services/impact/epri) Exploring the Future of Human and Planetary Security Navigate the key forces and emerging issues shaping the future of global security. 2023 [/services/impact/horizon-2045](/services/impact/horizon-2045) Exploring Virtual Worlds: The Strativerse Project with L'Atelier A deep dive into the emerging technologies that are driving the convergence of analogue and virtual worlds, blending realities to shape the digital future. 2021 [/services/impact/atelier](/services/impact/atelier) Multiple Visualizations of Emerging Tech in a Multi-year Collaboration A 5 year long research partnership with armasuisse, through DEFTECH (Defense Future Technologies), exploring the impact of emerging technologies with several open-source radar installations. 2015 [/services/impact/deftech](/services/impact/deftech) 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) ## Innovation mapping ForInnovation Teams Identifying potential innovation spaces and adjacent business opportunities to accelerate ideation for new products or services. Innovation teams use the tool during scoping and ideation to surface potential innovation spaces quickly, then shape them into actionable opportunity directions without waiting for long external research cycles. - Map technologies against readiness levels (TRL) and impact scores. - Identify potential innovation spaces, market white spaces, or synergies between business units (e.g., automotive and glass). - Accelerate the fuzzy front end of innovation. ### Related case studies Future-proofing the European Manufacturing Ecosystem A tech radar for EIT Manufacturing showing where European manufacturing is heading, built for the partner organizations that have to prepare for it. 2022 [/services/impact/eitm](/services/impact/eitm) Mapping the Future of Investment Technologies with Nubank Collaborating with Nubank to develop a comprehensive technology radar that explores the future of global investment technologies, moving beyond cryptocurrencies and into broader financial innovations. 2022 [/services/impact/nubank](/services/impact/nubank) Envisioning the Future of Payments with Visa Work with the Visa LATAM innovation team on where payment technology is heading, and what that means for everyone along the chain. 2017 [/services/impact/visa](/services/impact/visa) Mapping Emerging Technologies for the Future of Beauty and Cosmetics An emerging technology radar mapping 100+ innovations across sustainability, cosmetics science and customer experience for Natura's innovation team, assessed by maturity and market originality to guide long-term R&D and business strategy. 2021 [/services/impact/natura](/services/impact/natura) Mapping the Future of Glass Innovation A signals system covering several of AGC business units at once, so each can track the technology that matters to it and judge how ready that technology is, without waiting on a central research cycle. 2025 [/services/impact/agc-signals](/services/impact/agc-signals) ## Technology roadmapping ForInnovation TeamsStrategy TeamsForesight Turning technology research into a phased roadmap, split across the near, middle, and long term. Strategy and innovation teams use the Signals Session, Signals, and radar views to structure technology bets, sequence investments, and align stakeholders around a shared execution path that remains reusable over time. - Translate signals into phased roadmap tracks linked to technology readiness (TRL), market timing, and strategic relevance. - Use shared Radar and workspace views to align leadership, product, R&D, and operations on priorities and dependencies. - Continuously update roadmap assumptions with fresh signals and evidence to reduce planning drift over time. ### Related case studies Multiple Visualizations of Emerging Tech in a Multi-year Collaboration A 5 year long research partnership with armasuisse, through DEFTECH (Defense Future Technologies), exploring the impact of emerging technologies with several open-source radar installations. 2015 [/services/impact/deftech](/services/impact/deftech) 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) Mapping the Future of Glass Innovation A signals system covering several of AGC business units at once, so each can track the technology that matters to it and judge how ready that technology is, without waiting on a central research cycle. 2025 [/services/impact/agc-signals](/services/impact/agc-signals) ## Ecosystem visualization ForAssociations Communicating complex technology landscapes to stakeholders through interactive, structured visualizations. Associations and industry bodies use the Radar as a communication product to showcase expertise and guide their members with more accessible strategic intelligence. - Deploy interactive, branded radars that visualize hundreds of technologies (no static reports). - Position the organization as a thought leader and help members navigate complex ecosystems. - Provide a common language for discussing future developments. ### Related case studies 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) Comprehensive Technology Scanning for Austria’s Chamber of Commerce A technology radar for WKO, Austria’s Chamber of Commerce, serving more than 500,000 business clients with a current view of the technologies likely to affect them. 2022 [/services/impact/wko](/services/impact/wko) Future-proofing the European Manufacturing Ecosystem A tech radar for EIT Manufacturing showing where European manufacturing is heading, built for the partner organizations that have to prepare for it. 2022 [/services/impact/eitm](/services/impact/eitm) ## Research acceleration ForConsultants Automating the labor-intensive desk research phase to focus on high-value analysis and advisory. Consultancies and agencies use Signals to replace weeks of manual analyst work and reallocate effort to strategic interpretation. - Automate collection, deduplication, and verification of signals. - Enter client workshops with a pre-populated, fact-checked gallery of trends. - Focus billable hours on interpreting data, facilitating decision-making, and customizing insights. ### Related case studies Exploring Virtual Worlds: The Strativerse Project with L'Atelier A deep dive into the emerging technologies that are driving the convergence of analogue and virtual worlds, blending realities to shape the digital future. 2021 [/services/impact/atelier](/services/impact/atelier) Exploring the Future of Human and Planetary Security Navigate the key forces and emerging issues shaping the future of global security. 2023 [/services/impact/horizon-2045](/services/impact/horizon-2045) ## Policy impact assessment ForGovernments Linking technological developments to specific regulatory goals, climate targets, or development mandates. Government bodies and NGOs use the platform to assess how emerging technologies impact specific goals (e.g. NDCs, SDGs), so the evidence is there when a decision has to be justified. - Understand regional applicability, economic feasibility, and social acceptance of technologies. - Enable evidence-based policy dialogue and equipment or program acquisition decisions. ### Related case studies 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) Futures Intelligence: Strategic Foresight Collaboration with UNDP Ukraine Developing a foresight radar in collaboration with UNDP Ukraine to track critical signals of change impacting the region. 2023 [/services/impact/undp-ukraine](/services/impact/undp-ukraine) Visualizing Public Policy Priorities across a Growing Ecosystem An internal Public Policy Radar for RCU, running on their own infrastructure, where teams can track and compare policy initiatives across a fast-growing ecosystem. 2025 [/services/impact/rcu](/services/impact/rcu) Assistive Technologies Research and Visualization for WIPO A collaborative project with WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, to map out and visualize the landscape of Assistive Technologies and their corresponding patents. 2021 [/services/impact/wipo](/services/impact/wipo) Expanding the Technology Radar to an Impact Portal Analyzing the impact of emerging technologies on sustainable development for GIZ, Germany’s leading development agency. 2019 [/services/impact/giz](/services/impact/giz) Innovating for the Future of Food with the WFP A technology radar for the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator, mapping food and agriculture technologies against the goals the programme is measured on. 2016 [/services/impact/wfp](/services/impact/wfp) Metascan of Technology Trends for Policy Horizons Canada Conducting a comprehensive scan of technology trends across key sectors for federal policy-making. 2015 [/services/impact/policy-horizons-canada](/services/impact/policy-horizons-canada) ## Organizational transformation ForForesightL&D Teams Using foresight workshops to drive cultural change, reduce AI resistance, and upskill leadership. HR and Digital Transformation leaders use the radar and workshops as educational tools to increase future literacy among staff and spread strategic intelligence capability broadly. - Show what emerging tech (e.g. AI) can do, to address fears of displacement. - Foster a centaur mindset (human + machine) and encourage adoption of new tools across departments. ### Related case studies Empowering a Million in Deep Tech The EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative (DTTI) radar highlights critical signals within the deep tech sector, alongside real-world use cases and contributions from project pledgers. 2024 [/services/impact/dtti](/services/impact/dtti) Futures Literacy at the World Governments Summit Masterclasses and technology insights for hundreds of government officials, presented at the World Governments Summit (WGS) in Dubai. 2019 [/services/impact/wgs](/services/impact/wgs) ## Why visualization matters Understand why intelligence format drives adoption, reuse, and action across leadership and delivery teams. 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