Let’s have a brief look at brands using foresight. Today, it’s E.ON.

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.

E.ON’s Head of Foresight – Thomas Boermans has implemented a greatly structured foresight approach, quite an example in a corporate world. He heads foresight activities within the group strategy team, working with innovation, business and strategy teams as well as with the E.ON Board and Supervisory Board on the mission of making E.ON future ready. E.ON’s foresighting activities are shaped to provide insights on future opportunities and risks based on the analysis of technological trends and social drivers. E.ON is issuing a periodical Foresight Digest, E.ON Trend Radar and has joined the research platform Foresight Academy. Also, don’t miss other E.ON Innovation activities.

You will find links to many interesting energy foresight content at E.ON’s webpage.