Foresight-Portfolio

Are you tired of always organising the same panel discussions? We help you transform your public events with innovative methods such as fishbowl discussions, inspiration walks, or speaker corners in order to spark innovation and fresh ideas for you and your audience. Price range is CHF 5’000–CHF 10’000. All prices are excl. VAT and travel costs.

Drivers of change, backcasting, futures scenarios?! Are you interested in using foresight in your work but unsure where to start? Our Futures Thinking Training offers workshops tailored to you and your needs where we teach you the basics and provide a roadmap on how to use the future to your advantage. Contact us to discuss a customised offering.

Objectives:

• Explore plausible future scenarios for a topic of your choice, guided by a strategic foresight approach.
• Translate diverse perspectives into actionable insights for your organisation’s strategic priorities.
• Equip participants with practical foresight and scenario-building tools that can be reused in future policy analysis and strategic planning processes.

Output:

• Shared understanding of key drivers shaping the chosen topic.
• 4 plausible future scenarios, including specific implications for your organization.
• Concrete analytical and strategic takeaways, highlighting how priorities and operational approaches can be better aligned.
• Post-workshop documentation, including:
  • A concise synthesis of discussions and scenario outcomes.
  • A methodology guide enabling participants to apply the approach in other contexts.

Together with our network of young experts, we organise a forward-looking workshop with you and ask the question: How does your field of work change in the next 20 years? These workshops are based on our successful «Global Labs» methodology (see here the results of the last edition which we organised with ITU & UNICEF).
Prices range from CHF 35’000 to CHF 45’000. All prices are excl. VAT and travel costs.

Objectives:

• Explore a topic of your choice through a structured foresight process over a period of six months.
• Generate innovative solutions and actionable recommendations in collaboration with 15–25 participants from your own organisation and from our network of young experts throughout Switzerland.
• Empower participants to present their insights at a closing event or internal briefing.

Output:

• A project brief or report summarising key findings, innovative solutions, and recommendations.
• Concrete deliverables (e.g., scenarios, policy briefs, or strategic roadmaps) tailored to your organisation’s goals.
• A showcase of participant-driven insights, presented in a format of your choice (e.g., presentation day, internal workshop, or public event).
• Optional: Examples of foresight methodologies used, adaptable for future projects.

Could you benefit from an outside opinion for your new strategy or roadmap? Together with our Policy Fellows, we offer red & blue teaming workshops to find flaws, weaknesses and vulnerabilities (Red Teaming), or highlight advantages & strengths to build upon (Blue Teaming). Prices range from CHF 8’000 to CHF 10’000 per either red or blue teaming. All prices are excl. VAT and travel costs.
As a participatory think tank, foraus can serve as a «sounding board» for organisations, supporting activities such as the evaluation of internal strategy papers. In this context, foraus conducts red teaming exercises on behalf of the organisation. The red teaming process is based on proven methodologies, such as those used by the UK Ministry of Defence.
Red teaming involves using an external perspective to systematically and critically examine strategies, approaches, and positions, challenging them as rigorously as possible through explicit counterarguments (role of the “devil’s advocate”). This process questions assumptions, explores alternative scenarios, and stress-tests the organisation’s strategic considerations against potential risks.
These red teaming exercises remain confidential and are not published in any form.
While red teaming challenges strategies from an external, critical perspective, blue teaming complements this by strengthening an organisation’s own positions and approaches. In this role, foraus acts as a constructive partner, helping to refine arguments, identify weaknesses in existing plans, and develop robust responses to potential counterarguments. Blue teaming ensures that strategies are not only stress-tested but also reinforced, enhancing their resilience and coherence. Like red teaming, these exercises are tailored to the organisation’s needs and remain strictly confidential.