A Series of Trend Evaluation Exercises
These tools are incredibly powerful in the impact that a specific trend can have on your business. Below are 4 distinct trend diagnostic tools to help you identify and analyze trends. Two of these are proprietary tools from The Future Hunters.
IMPLICATIONS WHEEL
A valuable tool for evaluating the implications of current trends, and identifying other trends that could impact the organization down the line.
IMPACT/PROBABILTY GRID
A valuable tool for prioritizing current and prospective trends for strategic purposes across all business units of the organization.
EFFRESHENCY SCORECARD
A tool for all initiatives, the Effreshency Scorecard allows leaders to evaluate initiatives across a spectrum of categories, identifying strategic or tactical need-gaps.
THE CHANGE/RISK MATRIX
Used to catalog the risks arising from unprecedented change. Risk in the white space is analyzed: risk where it may not have been predictable beforehand and/or risk that does not tie back to any clearly liable entity.