In today's world, large business corporations propel change within frameworks and protocols devised by governments. Consequently our expertise has to do with applying our knowledge of whole systems to the interactions and transactions of business and government organisations and their interface with society.

The global business environment is highly complex and dynamic. Change accelerates exponentially. Disruptive technologies add to this volatile mix by opening up entirely new possibilities and new markets. Digital and genomic codes have captured progress. As a result, everything that makes a business viable - its value propositions, supply chains, business models & organisational capabilities - requires constant reinvention and renewal.

Strategic intelligence is the means by which you know when and what to change - and how. But that can put enormous demands on your (already stretched) resources. An alternative strategy, increasingly used by the world's most successful organizations, is to buy-in such advice. There is a considerable downside to this approach. The advice you are given must be clear, unprejudiced, inclusive and relevant. By its very nature, most strategic advice is exactly the opposite! When you engage the AFI you deliberately avoid such risk.

Firstly, we are not as dogmatic about the future as most pop futurists. We are as unlikely to trumpet the latest fads as we are to create hype to market our findings. On the contrary, by undertaking deeper systemic inquiry we opt for the longer view. Finding alternative meanings in systemic intelligence we seek to reveal the structural dynamics generating the uncertainty, ambiguity and paradox within which we live.

Secondly, the diverse makeup of our collegial network ensures unbounded, multicultural thinking. Our time horizon, too, extends each moment of the present into deep time - across the entire expanse of our history, into the 21st century and beyond. Our intelligence canvas is equally expansive, combining the physical world of things and events with the metaphysical domain of cultures and values. Each is considered at various levels - from the individual to the societal.

Thirdly, we are not distracted by other activities or demands on our time. Although we are attached to a university we do not teach. Our work is entirely focused on the research, synthesis and actioning of futures-based strategic intelligence. We continuously make sense of what is happening in the world that is likely to change the way we live our lives.

Every day, our extensive network enables us to talk to those scientists, technologists, artists and politicians who are creating the future. With our advice you can be confident that you need never fall behind the dynamics of the marketplace. Drawing on a wealth of expertise across business, science & technology, the arts and learning, our network becomes your personal intelligence channel, wiring you into patterns, trends and events that may have huge implications for you and your business.

Filtering out distracting and inconsequential noise, the AFI supplies you with the most relevant intelligence, when you most need it. In this way you can focus on what really matters, anticipating the future and turning this knowledge to your immediate and long-term strategic advantage.