Good policy and good strategy share a common origin: an understanding of the world as it is, and the world as it may be. Our work for organizations like the US Department of Transportation, Energizer Corporation, Lockheed Martin, the US Chamber of Commerce, and Wipro is based on the art and science of looking forward.

Change is hard; unpredictable change is even harder – and we live in a world of unpredictable change. Our work results in clients better able to see opportunity in the midst of change, align their organizations to execute on that opportunity, and then shape what's next.

Helping people understand the nature of change and the future can be done through well-executed, thoughtful prose, delivered in an engaging and exciting way. We do that a lot. Sometimes it needs something more. Two recent public examples are the US Visual Budget and the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk. They let people jump in, explore, and understand.

Peter discusses what happens when we make assumptions we know we shouldn't make in our strategic planning. Prime example: China. Read it here.

Dan enthuses about the possibilities of tablet computing and the augmented world. In Ideas.

Dan on technology optimism and some of the most likely important themes for the next 20 years. Read it here.

Pinyon Labs is pleased to announce the public release of the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk. On behalf of the Institute for 21st Century Energy, we developed the interactive tool permitting users to explore 60 years (40 in the past; 20 in the future) of energy security risk. Visit the site.

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