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Browse every Signals tool from one page. Open a tool directly, review what it is for, and jump back into any saved analysis.

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Horizon ScannerAvailable

Scan for emerging signals, weak indicators, and early shifts that could change the strategic landscape around a topic.

Typical uses

Track weak signals before they become mainstream
Monitor change around a country, issue, or sector
Seed scenario work with fresh external developments

Previous usage

Scenario Planning Delphi MethodAvailable

Structure expert input over multiple rounds to surface disagreement, convergence, and uncertainty around future scenarios.

Typical uses

Compare expert judgments on future risks or opportunities
Refine scenario assumptions with distributed participants
Test where consensus exists and where it breaks down

Previous usage

Cross Impact AnalysisAvailable

Map how variables, shocks, and decisions influence one another so you can understand compounding effects across a system.

Typical uses

Test interdependencies between trends or decisions
Surface second-order effects across a system
Compare how one change amplifies or dampens another

Previous usage

BackcasterAvailable

Start from a future outcome and work backward to identify the milestones, capabilities, and shifts required to reach it.

Typical uses

Build a pathway from a preferred future to present action
Sequence milestones toward a long-term transformation
Translate vision work into concrete strategic steps

Previous usage

Futures WheelAvailable

Explore direct and indirect consequences of a change, event, or disruption by tracing first-, second-, and third-order effects.

Typical uses

Map ripple effects from one emerging change
Support workshop discussion around consequences
Stress test whether a disruption creates new risks or opportunities

Previous usage

Causal Layered AnalysisAvailable

Unpack an issue across surface symptoms, structural causes, worldviews, and deeper myths to expose what must shift for transformation.

Typical uses

Move beyond symptoms into system-level causes
Compare competing narratives about the same issue
Design more transformative responses to entrenched problems

Previous usage

Wind TunnelAvailable

Stress-test a policy, strategy, or plan against alternative futures to see where it is resilient, brittle, or incomplete.

Typical uses

Test a plan against multiple scenarios
Find no-regret moves and fragile assumptions
Pressure test strategic choices before execution

Previous usage

RoadmappingAvailable

Sequence the path from present conditions to a target future, organizing phases, dependencies, and critical decisions over time.

Typical uses

Lay out phases toward a strategic destination
Coordinate dependencies across a long-term effort
Turn a future ambition into an ordered implementation path

Previous usage

Policy GamingAvailable

Simulate a contested policy environment with actors, incentives, and pressure points to understand likely moves and reactions.

Typical uses

Explore how stakeholders might react under stress
Test policy choices in a dynamic decision environment
Prepare for negotiation, crisis, or high-uncertainty decisions

Previous usage

Strategic Foresight workspace

Tools

Browse every Signals tool from one page. Open a tool directly, review what it is for, and jump back into any saved analysis.

Project Actions

Back to Projects

Horizon ScannerAvailable

Scan for emerging signals, weak indicators, and early shifts that could change the strategic landscape around a topic.

Typical uses

Track weak signals before they become mainstream
Monitor change around a country, issue, or sector
Seed scenario work with fresh external developments

Previous usage

Scenario Planning Delphi MethodAvailable

Structure expert input over multiple rounds to surface disagreement, convergence, and uncertainty around future scenarios.

Typical uses

Compare expert judgments on future risks or opportunities
Refine scenario assumptions with distributed participants
Test where consensus exists and where it breaks down

Previous usage

Cross Impact AnalysisAvailable

Map how variables, shocks, and decisions influence one another so you can understand compounding effects across a system.

Typical uses

Test interdependencies between trends or decisions
Surface second-order effects across a system
Compare how one change amplifies or dampens another

Previous usage

BackcasterAvailable

Start from a future outcome and work backward to identify the milestones, capabilities, and shifts required to reach it.

Typical uses

Build a pathway from a preferred future to present action
Sequence milestones toward a long-term transformation
Translate vision work into concrete strategic steps

Previous usage

Futures WheelAvailable

Explore direct and indirect consequences of a change, event, or disruption by tracing first-, second-, and third-order effects.

Typical uses

Map ripple effects from one emerging change
Support workshop discussion around consequences
Stress test whether a disruption creates new risks or opportunities

Previous usage

Causal Layered AnalysisAvailable

Unpack an issue across surface symptoms, structural causes, worldviews, and deeper myths to expose what must shift for transformation.

Typical uses

Move beyond symptoms into system-level causes
Compare competing narratives about the same issue
Design more transformative responses to entrenched problems

Previous usage

Wind TunnelAvailable

Stress-test a policy, strategy, or plan against alternative futures to see where it is resilient, brittle, or incomplete.

Typical uses

Test a plan against multiple scenarios
Find no-regret moves and fragile assumptions
Pressure test strategic choices before execution

Previous usage

RoadmappingAvailable

Sequence the path from present conditions to a target future, organizing phases, dependencies, and critical decisions over time.

Typical uses

Lay out phases toward a strategic destination
Coordinate dependencies across a long-term effort
Turn a future ambition into an ordered implementation path

Previous usage

Policy GamingAvailable

Simulate a contested policy environment with actors, incentives, and pressure points to understand likely moves and reactions.

Typical uses

Explore how stakeholders might react under stress
Test policy choices in a dynamic decision environment
Prepare for negotiation, crisis, or high-uncertainty decisions

Previous usage