Real-world applications where strategic foresight meets practical outcomes.
Strategic Horizon Scanning
Identifying and validating emerging trends to inform long-term strategic planning and reduce blind spots.
Organizations use the platform to move beyond manual desk research and validate internal assumptions about the future. By leveraging multi-model AI scanning, strategy teams identify "weak signals" and high-impact trends across STEEP (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political) categories. This allows leadership to validate theoretical objectives, prioritize R&D investments, and ensure their strategic roadmap aligns with external market shifts.
Innovation Opportunity Mapping
Discovering adjacent business opportunities and kickstarting ideation phases for new products or services.
Innovation teams utilize the tool during the "scoping" and "ideation" phases to rapidly generate a "cocktail of opportunities." By mapping technologies against readiness levels (TRL) and impact scores, teams can identify white spaces in the market or synergies between different business units (e.g., automotive and glass). This accelerates the "fuzzy front end" of innovation, reducing research time from months to minutes.
Ecosystem Visualization & Thought Leadership
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. Rather than static reports, they deploy interactive, branded radars that visualize hundreds of technologies. This positions the organization as a thought leader, helps members navigate complex ecosystems, and provides a common language for discussing future developments.
Research Acceleration for Consultancies
Automating the labor-intensive desk research phase to focus on high-value analysis and advisory.
Consultancies and agencies use the Signals platform to replace weeks of manual analyst work. By automating the collection, deduplication, and verification of signals, consultants can enter client workshops with a pre-populated, fact-checked "gallery" of trends. This allows them to focus their billable hours on interpreting the data, facilitating decision-making, and customizing insights rather than gathering raw information.
Policy & Impact Assessment
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, such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The tool helps policymakers understand the regional applicability, economic feasibility, and social acceptance of technologies, enabling evidence-based policy dialogue and equipment acquisition decisions.
Organizational Transformation & Future Literacy
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. By visualizing the inevitability and utility of emerging tech (specifically AI), organizations address employee fears of displacement, foster a "centaur" mindset (human + machine), and encourage the adoption of new tools across different departments.