Transformative Times is a research platform that helps companies and organizations collaborate on planetary-scale challenges and explore new futures. The company runs temporary programs that take participants to the frontiers of planetary matters, returning with opportunities to reshape their business direction. Its research approach includes systemic analysis, immersive exploration, and historical pattern identification to generate new value propositions.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Companies and organizations often operate in silos, lacking structured ways to collaborate on complex planetary-scale challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, and shifting consumer behaviors. Traditional market research methods fail to capture systemic interconnections or anticipate long-term shifts, leaving businesses unprepared for transformative changes in their operating environment.
Solution
Transformative Times provides a research platform that brings different companies and organizations together to explore new futures through temporary, immersive programs. These programs take participants to the frontiers of planetary matters, combining systemic thinking tools with deep-dive sector analysis to uncover opportunities for business transformation. The platform uses a range of research methodologies, including pilot studies on how memory affects food consumption, full sector analyses based on systemic colligation principles, and studies of historical human patterns to understand their impact on new products and services. By identifying emerging systems, patterns, and behaviors, Transformative Times helps organizations develop new value propositions and reshape their strategic direction.
Target Audience
Primary customers are companies and organizations seeking to collaborate on planetary-scale challenges and transform their business futures through systemic research and immersive programs.
Features
- Temporary collaborative programs that bring multiple companies and organizations together to explore planetary-scale challenges
- Immersive research experiences that reshape perceptions of what is predicted, supported by systemic thinking tools
- Full sector analyses based on systemic colligation principles, moving from an innovation research question to deep field exploration
- Research pilots examining specific behavioral phenomena, such as how memory affects food consumption
- Historical pattern and behavior research to understand how human tendencies influence new products and services
- Identification of new systems, patterns, and behaviors leading to the creation of novel value propositions