Stop Reacting to Change. Start Anticipating It.
Are You Tired of Being Caught Off-Guard?
You’re running a business or consulting practice, but the ground keeps shifting beneath your feet.
Market disruptions come faster than expected. Technology changes customer expectations overnight. Economic pressures force rapid pivots. Regulatory changes reshape entire industries.
You know you should be thinking more strategically about the future, but:
- Time is limited – you’re focused on current operations and client work.
- Resources are tight – expensive strategic consulting isn’t in the budget.
- You’re working independently with limited peers to bounce ideas off.
- Change feels overwhelming – it’s hard to separate signals from noise.
Meanwhile, larger organizations invest in dedicated foresight teams. They spot emerging trends earlier and position themselves accordingly.
What if you could develop those same capabilities?
If you don’t anticipate and prepare for change – unexpected events will hit harder. Research by Professor Jan Rotmans shows that 70-80% of organizations are reactive: they respond when crises happen, but don’t anticipate possible futures. They are doing the same as yesterday. That is risky!
The Strategic Foresight Solution
Strategic Foresight is the practice of identifying, analyzing, and anticipating future trends, uncertainties, and opportunities that might impact your organization – and your life.
This isn’t about predicting the future or just theoretical frameworks.
It’s about developing practical skills to:
- See patterns in the chaos of change.
- Create scenarios for multiple possible futures.
- Test your strategy against different possibilities.
- Make confident decisions even in uncertain times.
- Prepare your organization for whatever comes next.
The results? Research (Aarhus BSS Strategic Foresight Research Network) shows that “vigilant” organizations – those who practice strategic foresight – are 33% more profitable than their competitors.
Yet only 24% of companies actually do this work. You can be part of the successful minority.
Why Strategic Foresight Matters Now
We’re living through what researchers call a “polycrisis” – multiple interconnected challenges hitting simultaneously:
- Ecology: Climate change, biodiversity loss, resource depletion.
- Energy: Transition from fossil fuels, stranded assets, new technologies.
- Technology: AI, robotics, quantum computing disrupting every sector.
- Economics: Inflation, debt crisis, changing global trade patterns.
- Demographics: Population growth, urbanization, aging, migration.
- Geopolitics: New power blocks, authoritarianism, inequality.
- Social: Future shock, polarization, fear of rapid change.
Everything is connected. Everything is accelerating. Organizations that understand and adapt to these challenges thrive. Those that don’t suffer the consequences.
Meet Your Guides: Marcella Bremer & Marcel Lamers
We’ve been helping organizations navigate change and uncertainty for 30 years. We’ve guided hundreds of organizations globally and 200,000+ people assessed their culture through our OCAI platform.
Our journey: We started with culture work – and that was powerful. But we noticed even organizations with strong cultures were getting caught off-guard by external disruptions.
Our discovery: An agile, learning, innovative culture helps your organization change, but it is not enough. Foresight helps you see change coming. You need both.
Our credentials:
- Certified by the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies.
- 30 years in organizational development and change.
- Authors, trainers, and creators of multiple learning platforms.
- Specialists in combining foresight with practical organizational change.
Our mission: We help small-medium organizations and independent consultants develop the same future-fitness capabilities as large corporations. We help you thrive in an uncertain world.
The Strategic Foresight & Futures Community
A practical, hands-on membership platform where you learn by doing – not just studying theory.
What makes this different:
✓ Work on real challenges – your actual organizational issues, not made-up case studies.
✓ Learn proven methodologies – 20+ frameworks and tools used by professional futurists.
✓ Get ongoing support – bi-weekly video sessions, community chat, peer collaboration.
✓ Apply immediately – complete a full strategic foresight process within 5 months.
✓ Build expertise – develop consulting and facilitation skills that set you apart.
Perfect for:
- Business owners who want to stay ahead of change.
- Independent consultants looking to add strategic foresight to their services.
- Leaders tired of being blindsided by market shifts.
- Anyone ready to move from reactive to proactive agency.
Your Complete Learning Journey
30 Focused Video Lessons (8 hours total)
Short, actionable sessions covering the complete strategic foresight process – from understanding current challenges to implementing future-ready strategies.
The 8 Core Topics:
- Understanding the Present – Map the current landscape and emerging challenges
- Futures Thinking – Develop the mindset for anticipating multiple possibilities
- Scanning & Understanding – Identify signals, trends, and change drivers
- Systems & Change – Understand how complex systems create surprising futures
- Creating Scenarios – Build compelling stories about possible futures
- From Scenarios to Strategy – Test and adapt your current approach
- Resilience & Preparation – Build organizational capacity for uncertainty
- Consulting & Facilitation – Engage others in foresight work effectively
Bi-Weekly Interactive Sessions (1 hour each)
Live video meetings where you work through exercises, discuss real challenges, and get feedback on your projects. No passive learning – this is hands-on application.
Global Community Support
Connect with professionals from different industries and countries. Share insights, ask questions, and get feedback on your work-in-progress.
Flexible Learning Paths:
- Learning Track: 1 hour/week for 20 weeks – master the concepts and tools
- Application Track: 2 hours/week – apply everything to your own situation
- Implementation Track: 4-8 hours/week – guide your organization through the Strategic Foresight process (20-52 weeks)
Bonus: Positive Culture Academy Access ($197 value)
Essential skills for engaging your organization in positive thinking and practices – a fertile soil for strategic foresight work.
What You'll Achieve
By the time you complete the program, you’ll have:
- A clear understanding of emerging trends and uncertainties affecting your industry.
- Practical scenarios showing possible futures for your organization or clients.
- An updated strategy that anticipates threats and opportunities.
- Reduced stress from better preparation and planning.
- Enhanced consulting skills that add value to your (client) relationships.
- A network of like-minded professionals facing similar challenges.
Investment
Regular Investment: € 900/year (around $1050)
Founding Member Price: € 330/year (around $385) (Limited time for first 50 members)
What’s Included:
- Complete 30-video learning program.
- Bi-weekly interactive video meetings.
- Global community access and peer support.
- PDFs with tools, application questions, and resources.
- Positive Culture Academy bonus access.
- 12 months of ongoing support.
Join Our Growing Community
Some of our founding members: Chad Roberts (university teacher, USA), Pamela Balou-Nelson (consultant, USA), Kanna Krishnan (HR consultant, Malaysia), Lisa Tabor (consultant, USA), Kathleen Riggs (consultant, USA), Daniel McKee (consultant, USA), Kirsty Smith (account manager, Netherlands), Corona Pritchard (executive coach, USA), Angela Vollstedt (executive leader, Austria), Liz Hoskin (author, UK), and Jeneane Paxson (educator, Singapore).
Ready to Stop Reacting and Start Anticipating?
The future won’t wait until you have time. The organizations that thrive in the next decade are the ones preparing today.
Questions? Email us or connect with Marcella on Linkedin.
Not ready yet? Want to see what’s inside?
Start with our free Strategic Foresight video series – 4 practical videos that show you how to anticipate change instead of just reacting to it.