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.

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5. 370 photos & original illustrations

6. 10 case Studies

7. Examples from 30 Future Centers from 9 countries

8. 2 years exploration tour

9. 13 Operating Principles

10. 10 Building Blocks

13. Contents

16. How does your organization create value?

17. Why do organizations have future centers?

20. Varieties of Future Centers

21. What makes Future Centers unique?

22. What Future Centers have in Common

24. Model 1: Foresight Outlook Model 2: The Idea Pipeline Model 3: Think Tank Model 4: The Future Generations Model 5: Distributed Future Centers Model 6: The intellectual capital incubator Model 7: Technology Shock Model 8: Work In Process Model 9: Community Involvement

25. The bridge The Tornado The Hub The Lab The Ship (yard) The Outlook The Idea Pipeline And…

26. The Knowledge-Creation Process The SECI model 4 Categories of Ba Future Center as Ba

28. Dissemination and anchoring results Positioning the center in the organization CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS Best Blunders Mission and goals Products and services Programming The Future Center Work process Learning and renewal

29. 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 The Futurizing Process Tools Portfolio Using and Developing the Portfolio

30. Future Centers are Different Why a Physical Perspective Why invest in the physical aspect? The feelings we aim to create The 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 <> ……

32. Functions and impact

33. Technologies 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

34. The team: the director, the program managers, the front and back office, the facilitators, the subject experts,….. The customers, the participants, and other stakeholders.

36. Why Future Centers are effective

37. Results

40. The Triple Bottom Line

41. Being a perfect “10” in formulating a Future Center Business model

42. Futurizing as a strategic model

43. Guidelines

44. Public and private models

46. Open Futures Performance Management Model

47. Philosophy

48. The key ingredients f the PMM

49. The process

50. Guidelines for effective implementation of the PMM

53. 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.

55. Meet the people behind this book: partners from 7 countries.

56. The 2 international future centers summit – the Leonardo da Vinci Exploration Tour, Tuscany, 2006 At work

57. 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.

60. Transport

61. Health Care

64. Future Centers as Groundbreaking Management Innovations

65. In Search of the Business Model

66. The Basic Elements of the Business Model

69. To order a copy:openfuturesbook@gmail.com