Foresight

This is what awaits you at AnyIdea Foresight:

1. You have access to millions of pieces of data such as trends, micro-trends, start-ups, news, scientific publications, research projects and patents.
2. You recognize strategically relevant trends and developments at an early stage . Made possible by our Synthesis AI developed over four years .
3. You can make decisions that are data-driven and understandable.
4. Send AI scouts on the road and let them scout for you. This way, you continuously receive company-specific updates on relevant developments, completely automated.

To get you started in our Foresight module, we've put together a simple sequence that gives you an overview of our key features:

1. review and save macro trends "manually

We recommend looking through the macro trends at the beginning. To do this, click on the "Scouting" tab in the Foresight main menu. You will find general macro trends under the AI scouts. These provide a comprehensive overview of the key drivers and influencing factors of today.

Use the bookmark icon to mark macro trends that are relevant to you. To gain additional perspectives, we recommend adding other colleagues as managers or admins. You can find saved macro trends in the "Focus" menu item - there they are waiting to be evaluated.

2. specific scouting with AI scouts

AI Scouts are ideal if you have a specific topic or technology in focus and want to identify and monitor trends and signals tailored to it. The scouts search through millions of data for you and show you the most relevant, data-based trends, signals and developments. How to create an AI scout:

1. Go to Foresight in the main menu
2. Click on the Scouting icon
3. Click Add AI-Scout
4. Select a title‍
5. Enter your scouting question enter
6. Select suitable generated keywords or enter them manually
7. Click Save

The calculation of the results may take a few minutes.

Please note at KI-Scout keywords

• English words only 
• No more than 2 words per keyword
• Maximum 10 keywords
• Thematically appropriate words
• No abbreviations like "DACH
• No special characters like "-;"

You can find out more about optimizing scouting results here.

3. save signals

Use the bookmark icon to mark signals that are relevant to you. To gain additional perspectives, we recommend adding other colleagues as managers or admins.

4. evaluate relevant trends

In order to achieve meaningful results, it is important that several stakeholders provide their assessment. You can evaluate the trend directly in the trend detail or in the Focus menu item. There you will find all saved trends that are intended for evaluation. This is how you get there:

1. Go to Foresight in the main menu
2. Click on the Focus icon
3. Click on one of the saved trends
4. Evaluate the trend using the sliders

So that your rating is not influenced, the ratings of other users are only displayed after your own

• Time to Impact
  When will the trend become relevant for our company on the market?
• Competence
  Do we have competence in the company?
• ‍Potential
  What potential does the trend have?

‍5. trend portfolio & radar

All evaluated trends can be found under the Focus menu item. These are presented in a trend portfolio & trend radar .

💡Tip:

You now know which trends are most relevant for your company. Now it's time to look for potential solutions and ideas. Here are two options:

• In Trend Detail, you will find micro-trends or start-ups that match the trend and represent existing, market-oriented solutions. Let yourself be inspired by what is possible!
• Find innovative ideas together with colleagues, customers and other relevant stakeholders ! You can seamlessly create a matching ideas campaign in the trend. Invite other users and be inspired by initial ideas.