FUTOUR - Facilitating Change and Impact

FUTOUR is a design and innovation consulting firm that helps people and organisations co-create and take decisions in an effective and innovative way. FUTOUR is a social innovation and design organisation specialising in fast prototyping of new products, processes and services. It is a research-based organisation specialising in the development and management of globally-competitive innovation environments, including Future Centers, Innovation Zones and Third Generation Science Parks. The local and regional innovation environments involve business firms, R&D centres and intermediary institutions – with a strategic global orientation. Over the years, thousands of such key local stakeholders have been engaged in interactive participatory planning processes. FUTOUR combines expertise in areas like ICT, Business Administration, Management and Strategy, International and Regional Economics, Architecture and Urban Planning, Place Branding, Public Policy, Education and Training into unique offerings. Clients of FUTOUR include dynamic Regions as well as inventive companies (i.e. The Lego Foundation, Michelin, Barilla, ESA, COMAU-FIAT, Leroy Merlin). The company works closely with research institutions. Across the world, FUTOUR leads projects on the premise of strong stakeholder involvement. Already in the early phases, we involve leading national and international companies and institutions. Thereby we secure a high-degree of market relevance as well as providing firms and institutions to actively contribute and shape the environment in which they will operate. The mission is to provide state of the art decision support tools and participatory methods so as to harness collective intelligence and engage participants creative problem solving, change managemement, innovation and value generation. The company is specialised in decision support systems and participatory methods to support the innovative co-design of products, services an processes with users and beneficiaries.