A strategic foresight consultancy empowering organizations to anticipate and better prepare for uncertain futures.

Leveraging collective imagination and capacity, we work at the intersection of people, change, and futures to create broader systemic change for the betterment of people and the planet.

The futures are guided by our actions today. We are dedicated to making the future tangible and relevant in the present. In a world where the future is never treated as urgent, it’s critical to make people feel potential futures to drive real change.

Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, ANTICIPATE wants to position people to take ownership of futures and foresight. We combine Nordic values of trust, inclusion, and responsibility with a global outlook and network of clients and partners.

We foster futures readiness, create meaningful change, and democratize futures for organizations and individuals.

Mission

  • We bring foresight into today’s decisions, bridging visionary thinking and creative ideation with practical implementation. We develop futures-informed strategies and innovations that are not only viable, feasible, and desirable from a present perspective but also consider the needs and challenges of the futures. We proactively help to reorient and reinvent organizations, before they are forced to do so.

  • We empower individuals and organizations by making strategic foresight and futures thinking accessible to a wider audience. This involves fostering a culture where ownership of foresight is shared, and futures thinking becomes an integral part of society.

  • Meaningful change is intentional and co-created in nature, and guided to a greater purpose. We create meaningful change by examining the dynamics that shape society, ensuring that actions taken today contribute to a positive and sustainable future.

Mathias Behn Bjørnhof

Futurist & Founder

Leading strategic foresight practitioner who empowers organizations and individuals to navigate uncertain futures, successfully guiding Fortune 500, international institutions, and SMEs to become futures ready.

  • Expert in analyzing trends and uncertainty, identifying emerging opportunities, crafting futures scenarios and guiding businesses towards transformative strategies

  • Main expertise across tech & innovation, culture & consumers, energy & sustainability, and democracy & governance domains.

  • Experienced teacher within strategic foresight, scenario planning and futures-driven innovation, helping leaders and strategists learn to anticipate disruptive shifts

  • Prior to founding ANTICIPATE, Mathias spent 5 years consulting at the world-renowned futures think tank Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

  • Associate consultant with Earthshine Group (sustainability), ChangeGroup (change management) and the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (futures).

  • Academic background within Innovation, Strategy, Sustainability, Cultural Studies, and Entrepreneurship from Copenhagen Business School.

The ACT Approach

Our 3-step approach designed to guide you from foresight to action

The process, based on principles of open exploration, co-creation, engagement, iteration, and relevance, ensures foresight translates into impactful decisions and drives meaningful change. Throughout the ANTICIPATE ACT process, the emphasis is on transforming present-day decisions and actions to navigate complexity, innovate proactively, and shape the futures.

ANTICIPATE

Explore the futures through
signals & scenarios

CREATE

Craft new strategies,
innovations, or visions

TRANSFORM

Turn foresight into
meaningful action

Selected Clients & Partners

The Coca Cola Company

SAP

ExxonMobil

European Broadcasting Union

Topdanmark

DJØF

Copenhagen Business School

Lund University

Pictet Asset Management

UN Human Rights Office

BBK Fundazioa

BASF

COWI

Welltec

Alliance of Democracies

Northeastern University