We are wayfinders to the future.

Futures

We are wayfinders

We unlock and decipher trends and insights to inspire and empower our clients to innovate and drive change, through consultancy, inspirational speaking, trends and sector reports

Our process

01/

Curate

Our team of Researchers and Business Futurists hunt down and curate only the most noteworthy intelligence — for products, packaging, material innovations, retailers, start ups, technology, platforms, new models, pop ups or brands. Our eyes and ears around the globe, do the hard work, so you don’t have to.

02/

Interrogate

We decode this intelligence using GDR’s Foresight Framework, combined with our own Business Futurists’ expertise, insight and intuition. We look for patterns, signals and directions that will make a difference to the planet, society, your business and your consumers.

03/

Empower

Providing you with the trends, insights, and strategic solutions to support your brand or businesses development.

  • GDR’s Futures Platform
  • Inspirational Conference Speaking
  • Global Innovation Reports
  • Insights Newsletters
  • Consultancy

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Methodology

GDR created the Foresight Framework as a proprietary tool to continually monitor and decode key forces shaping patterns and macro trends within our world.
We focus on 4 key areas: The Planet, The Economy, The Culture, The Self.

Our Artificial Intelligence tool is trained to continually track these forces and surface knowledge, data, content and intel from around the globe, relating to key sectors, markets, clients, brands or bespoke terms.

The GDR foresight framework methodology. Showing the overlapping of ‘The planet’, ‘The economy’, ‘The self’ and ‘The Culture’.

GDR assembly

We have an exclusive black book of Assembly Panel Members, who are leading experts in their field, thought leaders & change makers. We debate, discuss and explore ideas and concepts together, then share the most interesting and pertinent insights to provide clients with a unique perspective and insider knowledge not ordinarily accessed.

Assembly Panel Members

The Futures Vault

Our business futures portal, The Futures Vault curates and documents GDR’s trends, thought leadership and innovation hunting.

Subscribers can find best in class case studies, sector and topic reports, GDR thought leadership articles, podcasts with unique change-makers, startups or experts, or view store audits and reviews from around the world. As part of this subscription you will also gain access to GDR’s Annual Trends and quarterly Futures Reports and receive a weekly newsletter.

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