Using the Future

Rethinking Megatrends

What makes a trend “mega”- and has the term become too loosely used to be useful? In this episode of Using the Future, host Toke Hanghøj goes behind the Copenhagen Instit

Client case: How Vieira de Almeida is using foresight to prepare for the future of law

A narrated Q&A between the Institute and one of its clients, the Portuguese law firm Viera de Almeida, featuring Margarida Saragoça, Director for Business and Knowledge,

Nicotine Futures and Respiratory Health w/ Aron Szpisjak

We are joined by CIFS Director and Head of Health Aron Szpisjak to discuss his team's recently published scenarios forthe future of chronic respiratory diseases and nicot

Scenarios for Greenland: Deterrence, Dependence, or Capitulation? w/ Patrick Henry Gallen

Hosts Toke and Casper are joined by Patrick Henry Gallen, senior futurist and one of the co-authors on our recently published scenarios outlining how the conflict over Gr

Article: The Organisational Fabric of Time

A conversation with Tor Hernes and Majken Schultz from the Centre for Organization and Time at Copenhagen Business School on how time shapes organisational life. This is

Article: The Futures Mandate

On how to embed foresight in governance. This is a narrated article from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies' Using the Future publication. Download the full pu

Article: A Futurist Sits Down With a Prompt Engineer

What sounds like the set-up to a bad joke was actually a thoughtful encounter. This is how it went. This is a narrated article from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures

The Business of Foresight w/ Joanna Lepore

Host Toke Hanghøj and co-host Simon Østergaard are joined by CIFS Associated Partner Joanna Lepore to discuss the challenges (and necessity) of doing corporate foresight.

Contributions to the Field of Foresight w/ Simon Østergaard

Using the Future host Toke Hanghøj in conversation with Senior Futurist Simon Østergaard - about CIFS' approach to foresight, the new Using the Future publication, and th

What is Using the Future?

A (very short) introduction to the feed.