FUTURES DIAMOND

The Innovation Systems Company

News

- 12/25/2012
- Futures Diamond featured in CfWI's Future workforce matters (Issue 2)
- Our 2011-12 contributions to the CfWI's Horizon Scanning work have been featured in the second issue of Future workforce matters which focuses on public health…
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- 10/28/2012
- CFWI Horizon scanning HUB launched
- We proudly announce the launch of the CfWI horizon scanning hub made for the Centre for Workforce Intelligence (CFWI) - www.horizonscanning.org.uk The horizon…
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- 4/4/2012
- Presentation at HSE Conference on “Economic and Social Development”
- Event name: XIII International Academic Conference on “Economic and Social Development” Event location: Moscow, Russia Topic area: Science and Innovation…
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Our Vision by 2020

"By 2020 Futures Diamond aims to be the primary information technology and systems provider for the foresight and horizon scanning communities in the world."

Our Motto

Futures Thinking Applied

Our Mission

Futures Diamond is an innovation systems company specialised in the provision of information technology (IT) and software solutions to government, business, research and education actors at local, national and international levels. Our IT systems can be adapted to meet the methodological needs of most research and innovation processes. We support a wide range of qualitative and quantitative activities combining:

Creativity: exploratory tools
Interaction: participatory tools
Evidence: explanatory tools
Expertise: advisory tools

Solutions

- 1.
- Foresight Knowledge System
- A European Union supported platform aimed to explore, share and analyse forward-looking practices, players and outcomes in the world.
- 2.
- Horizon Scanning Platform
- A horizon scanning system on key issues affecting the future of the health and social care workforce in the United Kingdom.
- 3.
- Wild Cards & Weak Signals
- An interactive system to map future 'shakers' (wild cards) and 'shapers' (weak signals) of science, technology and innovation in the world.
- 4.
- Integrated Delphi System
- An participatory system aimed to improve short-medium-to-long-term decision-making of public, private & international actors.

Media & Outreach

Our communications strategy benefits from our teams and systems often being featured in key media and networks. For example:

CfWI Future Workforce Matters – Issue 2 (UK)
CfWI Future Workforce Matters – Issue 1 (UK)
5th German Innovation Summit (Germany)
TAFI - Towards A Future Internet (EC)
EFSA - European Food Safety Agency (European Union)
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Diamond facts & figures

2,100 users worldwide
112 countries covered
55 minutes per visit
7 foresight & horizon scanning systems

The „Diamond“

Futures Diamond: The Framework

The Futures Diamond is a practical framework including 44 methods commonly used in strategic foresight and decision-making. It updates the Foresight Diamond frame developed by Popper in The Handbook of Technology Foresight (Georghiou et al., 2008).