Future Visionaries Wanted: How the Trend Receiver Method Captures Tomorrow’s Shifts Today Complex, true-to-life future scenarios with depth do not just happen. They are created by combining quantitative data, facts and projections with vision and empathy. The Trend Receiver method supports this multi-layered vision. Interviews with trend receivers are a core element, based on Kant’s concept of reflective judgment. Trend Receivers are individuals who have visionary competence and a distinct ability to perceive changes. They connect a user perspective with their power of projection and great imagination to envision a desirable future in daily life. Like this, The Foresight Academy picks up weak signals. Weak signals tend to be dismissed because they appear anomalous, strange or bizarre at first glance. They are often at odds with the dominant expectations about the future and the beliefs that determine how we find meaning. Starting the Foresight Academy in 2017, 180 Trend Receiver interviews give us insight into more than 500 hours of expert conversation. Some quotes in our last research were: „Life and media are undergoing a profound co-evolution. The boundaries between online and offline will continue to blur, as they converge and operate in sync.” Yvonne Apiyo Brändle- Amolo (She/Her), Kenya “Companies are at least as powerful as governments in making change.” Martin Thörnkvist, Sweden “Innovation should increase human capacities and not just convenience.” Yuri Choi, South Korea The Trend Receiver Method is based on research by Rupert Hofmann and other authors in the area of customer foresight research. Trend Receivers are identified by tailored search profiles, depending on the given research topics and context. In most cases this approach plays together with other methods in iterative processes. The method has been discussed in numerous publications and scientific papers such as by Vicky Arndt, Volker Bilgram, Prof. Dr. Eric Eller, Johann Füller, Alexander Hahn, Judith Hufnagel, Jan Lüken, Andreas Meinheit, Nicola Poletti (publication under Nicola Schweitzer), René Rohrbeck and Jan Oliver Schwarz. More information is also available on Wikipedia and the Foresight Academy website - links in the comments below. We look forward to the new round of interviews in 2025. Who are important Trend Receivers for you? #Foresight #TrendReceiver #WeakSignals #Innovation #PositiveFutures
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As a Trend Receiver, The Foresight Academy provided me with a safe enviroment that gave courage to my inner voice allowing me to show up as my authentic self knowing my authenticity was welcomed even when the perspective offered through seemed foreign and difficult to grasp at first. Having conversations and sharing my vision for the future with all the representatives, experts and fellow receivers has been such an enriching, fun filled experience, with aha moments that deepened our mutual understanding of the profound shifts our world today undertakes. 🙏 Thank you - The Foresight Academy for seeing me. I highly recommend the Foresight Academy to other aspiring Trend Receivers! It’s a pivotal platform for those who are passionate about understanding and influencing the futures of tomorrow. Let's transform futures together!
Great method, thank you Rupert Hofmann for introducing it to me!
https://www.foresightacademy.com/methodology/10638 - find also handbooks by Foresight Academy together with gravity GmbH for download,