Many large and forward-thinking companies have established capacities specializing in strategic foresight, scenario planning, and trend analysis. These teams or individuals are responsible for identifying emerging trends, potential disruptors, and long-term opportunities and threats, actively contributing to the corporate long-term strategies. While it’s challenging to provide an exhaustive list, we present a series of examples of companies known for their investment in foresight activities helping them to achieve long term goals and desired futures.

VINCI is a global player in concessions, energy and construction, employing more than 272,000 people in more than 120 countries. It founded Leonard – VINCI’s new Group-wide innovation and foresight platform, set up to invent and serve the Group’s future business activities, Leonard is responsible for tracking emerging trends in VINCI’s business activities and markets, identifying long-term challenges and goals, pinpointing opportunities for change in the Group’s businesses and organisational structure, identifying new growth drivers and developing innovative project incubation and acceleration programmes open to both Group employees and startups.  Julien Villalongue is director of Leonard. His expertise lies in discerning emerging trends, pinpointing long-term challenges and prospects, and orchestrating pioneering project incubation and acceleration schemes. Alongside a diverse and adept team of specialists, entrepreneurs, and partners, Leonard strives to amplify value and influence for the Group and its stakeholders, particularly in realms like sustainable city development and infrastructure.

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