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Shaping What’s Next

A global research and consulting partnership helping governments, institutions, and brands prepare for what's ahead.

What We Do

  • Custom research, tools and systems, advisory, and scenario development that help organizations identify emerging opportunities and navigate uncertainty with confidence.

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  • Workshops, learning programs and strategic simulations that build your team's capacity to anticipate change and make decisions under pressure.

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  • Exhibitions, narrative design and experiential concepts that make complex futures accessible and engaging for broad audiences.

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Upcoming Events

Horizon Scanning: Sensing & Sensemaking for a Complex World EMEA Edition

Learn to identify, interpret, and act on early signals of change — before they become crises.

Sept. 17 – 18 2026 Online

Horizon Scanning in the Age of AI — Asia Edition

Know where your judgment ends and AI begins — and rebuild your scanning practice around that line.

Nov. 16-17 2026 Online

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Our Latest Thinking

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Design for the Pull of the Future

Museums, science centers, and cultural institutions are taking on the future, not as a novelty theme but because their audiences are asking for it.

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Working Notes from the Edge of Practice

In the past few years, probably a majority of what we would consider our most interesting work — certainly where we're stretching our own strategic foresight practice — has been invisible.

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We Ran a Business LARP. People Went Deep.

In Malmö, on a cold March day, twenty-four participants spent a day investigating six fictional organisations that had tried — and mostly struggled — to embed futures thinking holistically into how they planned and operated.

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Who We Are

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    Scott Smith

    Managing Partner

    Scott leads Changeist's foresight research and strategy practice. Author of How to Future and co-author of Future Cultures.

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  • A woman with short, dark, wavy hair and large glasses, wearing a beige shirt, appears to be looking at the camera with a slightly concerned or serious expression. She has earrings and is standing indoors with shelves and decorative plates in the background.

    Susan Cox-Smith

    Partner & Director, Experience

    Susan leads Changeist's work in experience design, capacity building, and public engagement. Co-author of Future Cultures.

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Who We’ve Worked With

We've designed strategic foresight programs, research tools, and scenario simulations for global corporations, government agencies, and research institutions. We've helped create public exhibitions and immersive experiences for museums and cultural organizations worldwide. Our work ranges from advising on internal strategy and policy development to large-scale public engagement programs that help audiences understand emerging technological and social change.

Where to Find Us

Changeist LLC (US)

+1 310 382 6202

Changeist SL (Spain, Europe & RoW)

+34 678 044 919

VAT: ES B10871531

Email us:

hello@changeist.com