open futures book
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OpenFutures – an Operating system for Future Centers In May 2006, fourteen innovation experts started a unique two-year exploration tour in which they explored Future Centers and other future-oriented collaborative working environments. They visited, experienced, analyzed and prototyped over thirty Future Centers in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, and elsewhere. The explorers were part of the OpenFutures project, which was funded by the European Commission. They were drawn from a broad range of backgrounds, including the research and development of innovation methods and spaces, theoretical and scientific research, societal and business entrepreneurship, and the actual planning and management of Future Centers. This book OpenFutures – an Operating System for Future Centers summarizes their findings. It provides insights into why Future Centers are set up, what their fundamental operating principles are, how they are planned, run, and managed, and how they create impact. The insights, stories, knowledge recipes and recommended tips are organized across four perspectives: the organizational, methodological, physical, and technological. It is a highly visual document, with artwork created especially for the book to enrich and underscore the presentation of the many different concepts that make up the art and practice of Future Centers. The book is a useful resource for people planning to launch a Future Center or other type of innovation laboratory, for people who currently operate one and want to renew and transform it, or simply for those intent on adding a touch of 'future orientation' to their everyday working environments.TRANSCRIPT
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
448 pages
22 X 22 cm
1.1 Kg
370 photos & original illustrations
10 case Studies
Examples from 30 Future Centers from 9 countries
2 years exploration tour
13 Operating Principles
10 Building Blocks
49 Quizic
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
OpenFuturesAn Operating System for Future Centers
By OpenFutures experts:Paolo Mario Remo Martinez, Leif Edvinsson, Hank Kune, Ron Dvir, Sune Knudsen, Terrence Fernando, Joaquina Barullas, Edna Pasher, Rachel Pezzlo, Ofir Eyal, Yael Schwartzberg, Henrik Danckwardt, Caroline Dunne, Morten Hejlesen, Jur Kosterbok, Herman Meines, Barth van Dijk, Tomasz Rudolf, Sergiusz Sawin, Lukasz Galach
Edited by Ron DvirDesigned by Bar DvirIllustrations by Arye DvirLanguage editor: Diana Rubanenko
2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Conte
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Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The world in boxes?How does your organization create value?WHY DO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FUTURE
CENTERS?Organizations need systematic approaches
and tools to address the future proactively
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Future Centers are Innovation EnvironmentsVarieties of Future CentersWhat makes Future Centers unique?What Future Centers have in CommonOperating Principles and Values
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Vision AND value propositionOperating PrinciplesMethodology and ToolsPhysical SpaceTechnologiesOrganization
ModelsLifecyclePeopleBusiness modelsPerformance Management and Impact
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Model 1: Foresight OutlookModel 2: The Idea PipelineModel 3: Think TankModel 4: The Future Generations Model 5: Distributed Future Centers
Model 6: The intellectual capital incubatorModel 7: Technology ShockModel 8: Work In ProcessModel 9: Community Involvement
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The bridgeThe TornadoThe HubThe LabThe Ship (yard)
The OutlookThe Idea PipelineAnd…
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The Knowledge-Creation Process The SECI model4 Categories of BaFuture Center as Ba
B A
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Mission and goalsProducts and servicesProgrammingThe Future Center Work process Learning and renewal
Dissemination and anchoring resultsPositioning the center in the organizationCRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORSBest Blunders
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The Futurizing ProcessTools PortfolioUsing and Developing the Portfolio
20 Methodology Sheets:Wild cards <> Project house <> Brain pool writing with technology shocks <> GOOP <> The Horror and the Dream Scenario <> Strategic Scenario Analysis <>and more
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Future Centers are Different Why a Physical PerspectiveWhy invest in the physical aspect?The feelings we aim to createThe Future Center as landmark, image, and brand Understanding a Space – the Senses
The 16 Factors:Location and buildings <> Good neighborhood and multi-functionalism <> Functional spaces and layouts <> Ambiance <> Surprises – the WOW! Effect <> The gate to the future <> Sense 1: Sight <> ……
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
How technologies catalyze innovation
Functions and impactTechnologies and the
How to Develop the Technological
Technologies Sheets:Idea Incubators<> Technologies for Knowledge-creation <> Shared Knowledge Pools <> Collaborative 3D Environments <>Virtual Team Visualisation <> Collaborative Performance Management <> Scenarios Support Technologies
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The team: the director, the program managers, the front and back office, the facilitators, the subject experts,…..
The customers, the participants, and other stakeholders.
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
How do Future Centers add value? Why Future Centers are effectiveResultsBroader impact: The Future Center and the world
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
From Idea into ActionHow to manage the
Future Center lifecycle?
Phase I: IdeationPhase II: PlanningPhase III: Launch and PilotingPhase IV: OperationPhase V: Transformation
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Futurizing as a strategic model
GuidelinesPublic and private modelsChoosing a funding model
Return on Investment (ROI)The Triple Bottom LineBeing a perfect “10” in
formulating a Future Center Business model
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The strategic dimension of Future Centers
Open Futures Performance Management Model
Philosophy
The key ingredients f the PMMThe processGuidelines for effective
implementation of the PMMTechnological platform of Open
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Virtual visit to 10 Future Centers in 7 countries .
For each: the vision <> the history <> the services <> the senses & space <> the team
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
OpenFutures cards: Four groups of cards covering four perspectives: : organizational, methodological, physical technological. The cards include a brief introduction to their themes, examples from real-world Future Centers, Quizzics and a relevant visual on the other side.
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Meet the people behind this book: partners from 7 countries.
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The 2 international future centers summit – the Leonardo da Vinci Exploration Tour, Tuscany, 2006
At work
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
The OpenFutures film shows 15 Future Centers across Europe. It presents their history, explains why they are there, how they work, what they look like, how people work there, and when to use Future Centers.
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Lisbon. A one day workshop to rapidly prototype the concept of Future Centers to address real world challenges in 4 domains:
EnergyTransport Health CareRegional Development
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
Breathing Life Into a Future CenterFuture Centers as Groundbreaking Management InnovationsIn Search of the Business ModelThe Basic Elements of the Business ModelGeneric Future Center Business Models
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
How will the Future Centers of the future look like?
Here we explore 10 scenarios for alternative concepts
Virtual <> Nomadic <> Networked <> Mega <Transparent> and more.
Open Futures: Operating System for Future Centers © 2008
