Future Today Institute is an advisory firm specializing in strategic foresight, driving corporate strategies that lead to long-term success and resilience.
Who We Help
We partner with leaders of Fortune 500 companies, world governments and other major organizations to pivot, adapt, and thrive in the face of disruptive change.
Insurance
What risks we will need to cover in the future?
We help insurance companies navigate volatility, ambiguity and complexity to capture growth opportunities and create value in an increasingly uncertain world.
Financial Services
How will value be created and exchanged in the future?
We help financial services companies find emerging opportunities, achieve meaningful growth and improve resilience in the wake of disruptive technologies.
Built Environment
How will climate change influence our business in the future?
We help leaders and their organizations make strategic decisions about the future of architecture, construction, engineering, design, real estate and urban planning.
Hospitality
How can we attract lodgers in the future?
We help leaders and their teams understand how consumers will travel in the future and how to create the type of memorable lodging and entertainment experiences that will translate to loyalty.
Life Sciences
How will bioengineering create breakthroughs in the future?
We help leaders and organizations within the life sciences capture opportunity in an ever-evolving landscape influenced by artificial intelligence, bioengineering, digital and biotechnologies.
Health Care
Will brick-and-mortar hospitals exist in the future?
We help private and public healthcare leaders leverage emerging technology and science in order to make healthcare more equitable, accessible, and effective for the communities they serve.
Climate
How will decarbonization influence our business in the future?
We help organizations understand emerging climate trends and future scenarios to drive their long-term strategic planning.
Entertainment
How will technology change storytelling in the future?
We help payments players, retail/ mid-cap banks, consumer finance firms, wealth/ asset managers, retirement players, and financial services technology providers see critical risks early, explore white spaces, and capture opportunities.
Retail
How will technology influence shopping in the future?
We help leaders and their organizations understand the dynamic nature of fashion and luxury apparel, beauty and wellness, electronics and multichannel in order to identify and win their future markets.
CPG
How will consumer needs evolve in the future?
We help leaders and their teams identify growth areas and future markets for consumer packaged goods, including food, beverages, toiletries, cosmetics, cleaning products and other household products.
Restaurants
What will consumers eat and drink in the future?
We help the leaders of QSRs and fast casual restaurant chains identify emerging technology and science to explore new opportunities for growth and new ways to surprise and delight their consumers.
Artificial Intelligence
How will people think in the future?
We help the leaders in all industries translate today's rapid fire developments in artificial intelligence into strategic approaches that will help accelerate the success of their business.
Space
How will the emerging space economy create new opportunities in the future?
We help leaders and their teams imagine an off-planet future and prepare for the emerging space economy.
Manufacturing
How can we use technology to improve operations in the future?
We help leaders and their organizations manage through an era of dynamic change and increased competition and position them for sustainable growth.
Telecommunications
How will new entrants challenge incumbants' business in the future?
We help telecommunications leaders and their organizations confront their cherished beliefs about the future to see new opportunities for sustainable growth.
Sports
How will emerging tech and science influence athletes, gameplay and the fan experience in the future?
We help league management, player associations, team owners, and R&D departments leverage emerging technology to grow in new markets, enrich the fan experience, and improve performance outcomes.
Transportation
How will we move people, pets and objects in the future?
We advise leaders and their teams on the future of mobility and connectivity, helping them explore white spaces while focusing on sustainability.
News & Information
How can the business of news evolve to serve all communities in the future?
We help leaders and their teams challenge their cherished beliefs about their business models, use of technology, and approach to growing a sticky audience.
Nonprofits
How can we meet the needs of our community in the future?
We advise nonprofit leaders on long-term strategic planning for their organizations, which include developing a vision for the future of the nonprofit and its constituents, setting priorities and decision support through strategic foresight.
Technology & Computing
How will information be stored, accessed, and used in the future?
We work with the executives of today's leading technology hardware and software companies think through the evolution of their offerings, as well as how their products will be used by businesses and consumers alike.
As the global leaders in strategic foresight, our rigorous data- and research-driven methodology positions us to anticipate the unexpected and develop strategically driven roadmaps to manage risks and take advantage of opportunities today, tomorrow and into the future.
Simply put, we empower you to proactively own your future rather than waiting for it to happen.
What We Do
Strategic foresight is a disciplined and systematic approach to identify where to play, how to win in the future, and how to ensure organizational resiliency in the face of unforeseen disruption.
In an increasingly volatile world, FTI’s proprietary strategic foresight methodology enables organizations to plan for unpredictable futures with certainty. We work with our clients to determine where to launch their next big bets, which risks to mitigate, and how to evolve.
What We See
Bioengineering
A report with a detailed analysis of bioengineering in 2024, including developments in CRISPR, -oonomics, synthetic biology, biomachine interfaces, biocomputing, and the intersection of AI and bioengineering. Strategic insights, more than 80 trends, and spotlight sections on applications for food, aging and health, biocomputing, and regulation and privacy.
Artificial Intelligence
A summary with key insights from all of our 2024 trend reports. Includes our methodology, new scenarios, and recommendations for how to take action in your organization.
