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Essilor has been one of France’s most innovation companies, relying on the cutting edge in materials science and manufacturing technologies to improve people’s lives on a very intimate level. Together with Competitive Futures’ French partner Competitive Intelligence Management, the firm developed a very sophisticated strategic analysis unit within the company, essentially from scratch. One way to keep skills sharp within …
The City of Charlotte, North Carolina had an unusual economic development problem: after a decade of strong growth, where should they go from here? They engaged me to provide and keynote and day-long training session based on my book Future, Inc: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What’s NEXT to city managers. Together we identified the key trend drivers that …
NMB Technologies is a high-precision manufacturing company that specializes in cooling fans, motors and bearings for technology applications. Concerned with the changing world, they engaged me to provide an all-day exercise in potential disruptions – positive and negative – to the market for their goods based on trends identified in society, technology, economics and other sectors. The result was a …
South Dakota has 830,000 spread over an enormous expanse. Known to the general population for Mount Rushmore and little else, you could be forgiven for not associating the state with “economic innovation.” Which is why their Enterprise Institute is such a world-class example for rural governments seeking to keep on the forefront of economic development. With the stated goal of …
La Française des Jeux is the National Lottery of France, one of the most cashflow-positive organizations in the world with approximately ten million euros per employee. They have a tremendous history, having been created in the sixteenth century by the king François I. Yet it still had great questions about its future, especially with the constant onslaught of Internet technologies. …