Shaping What’s Next

We help organizations worldwide build the capacity to identify weak signals, navigate uncertainty, and prepare for emerging futures.

What We Do

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

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

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

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Who We Are

  • Scott Smith

    Managing Partner

    A 25-year veteran of strategy and foresight, Scott leads Changeist's futures research and consulting practice, and builds new partnerships.

    Bio

  • Susan Cox-Smith

    Partner & Director, Experience

    A multidisciplinary explorer, Susan makes Changeist's projects happen, and guides development of new collaborative concepts.

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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 created 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.

What’s New

Strategic Simulation for AI Futures

Our flagship strategic preparedness tool where participants' decisions directly shape AI development scenarios. Teams navigate complex, evolving challenges around artificial intelligence governance, experiencing the direct consequences of their choices in real-time.

Building Cultures for Sustainable Innovation

Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith joined the Siemens Xcelerator Community to talk about the lessons they’ve learned helping organizations lay the foundation for organic futures cultures. Read about and watch the conversation here.

Where to Find Us

United States / Rest of World

Changeist LLC

+1 310 382 6202

info@changeist.com

Europe

Changeist SL

+34 678 044 919

info@changeist.com

VAT: ES B10871531