Services

Science, design, and culture shape our future in thousands of ways every day, from providing innovative products and services to addressing the big social and environmental challenges facing our world. The Future-ish team is driven by our keen interest in the science, design, and culture shaping our future and we’ve become pretty good at seeing connections in things no one else can see and in picking up on global inclinations that are still only whispers in mainstream popular culture.

Understanding and preparing for how science, design, and culture will impact the future isn’t easy though, especially in companies, agencies, and organizations. Well, we’re here to help. Future-ish offers a range of professional and creative services to inspire, inform, and engage leaders in thinking about and planning for the future. Our offerings range from image consultng and strategy salons to research promotion and brand strategy. Below you’ll find information on some of our most popular services:

Consulting | Future-ish offers a sliding scale for our advisory and consuting services with companies, agencies, and organizations on everything from facilitation and strategic planning to new products and creative strategy/branding.

iLab | iLab is a short-format workshop (1-3 hours) in which we utilize science, design, and culture to experiment with information, innovation, and our own individuality to develop creative solutions and contributions that address extraordinary challenges facing our world. All this while having a LOT of fun!

META Performance Framework | Our META Performance Framework is a model for next century innovation and development that Future-ish developed in response to the new and dynamic global marketplace of the 21st century and beyond. META elevates John Elkington’s triple bottom line. By focusing on three fundamental areas of an enterprise (income generation, operations, and stakeholders), META essentially translates the triple bottom line concept into enterprise vocabulary and provides a framework for integrating broad innovation into core enterprise strategy. We turn the often reactive and prescriptive 'corporate social responsibility' mindset into a more proactive and innovative 'sustainable business and development' strategic thinking. Best of all, META can be applied in many sectors, from retail and healthcare to education and nonprofits.

Next 101, 201 | Our Next 101 and 201 workshop modules provide people from all backgrounds a baseline level of information and understanding about key elements of next century innovation and development. With a little science, design, and culture, as well as a lot of sage advice, the workshops ease participants into drivers of innovation in the coming century. Next 101 suffices for many, but for those looking for a more detailed look into next century success, we offer our 201 module.

10 Lessons List | Clients tell us our 10 Lessons List for success in the next century is priceless. We’re not sure if it’s the humor or the common sense approach that makes folks rave but the list remains one of our most popular modules.

Optimized Product Stream (OPS) | Our OPS module is a workshop that Future-ish developed to better understand and optimize how companies, agencies, and organizations can work with their vendors and/or partners to create value throughout the lifecycle of their products by creating unique channels for effective communication, cooperation, and creativity.

Presentations & Discussions | Our Founder, Sean Schmidt, and the Future-ish Team are available for presentations to audiences of all kinds, from schools and colleges to companies and international NGOs.

Strategy Salons | Led by our founder, Sean Schmidt, Strategy Salons are events in which key constituents of a company, agency, or organization come together to 1. learn about issues, innovations, and trends in science, design, and culture that may impact their endeavors, and 2. strategize steps to position their companies, agencies, or organizations for these impacts in ways that create value for their stakeholders. Strategy Salons are generally informal, creative, off-site events that make the most of each group’s ideas, skills, and experience.