Ep. 93: Making Foresight Matter with Mathias Behn Bjørnhof

Great conversation an episode at ¡Reinventándonos! Podcast by Polymath with Mathias Behn Bjørnhof. Mathias Behn Bjørnhof is a futurist, global foresight strategist and Director of ANTICIPATE, the strategic foresight consultancy he founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2023. For close to a decade with first the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and now with ANTICIPATE, he has led 50+ foresight projects across more than 25 countries, for Fortune 500 companies, UN bodies, governments and universities.He works at the intersection of strategy, innovation and change, helping organizations use the futures actively in the decisions they make today. His focus is getting foresight to take root inside an organization and stay there after the project ends, through ANTICIPATE's own frameworks, its Academy, and advisory work.He also describes part of his role as futures diplomacy: arguing for the futures, and for future generations, in rooms where usually only the present has a seat.In this episode we talked about: I. How Strategic Foresight became his life's work. II. Our new generation of futuristsIII. His collaboration with Chloé de Ruffray doing four online Masterclasses. And futurist's collaboration nowadays.IV. Three frictions to sell Foresight: mindset, perceived value, and image. V. Blue Ocean and Strategic Foresight.VI. ACT Foresight Framework by his consultancy Anticipate. VII. How to make Foresight happen.VIII. Future Ready Organization.We enjoyed and learned a lot with our conversation! I'm sure you will do it too! *You can connect with Mathias here. *Music by @werekemusic