Find out where your organization stands today in its ability to foresee and shape the future, get a clear roadmap to the next level, and move toward international accreditation from the Global Innovation Institute (GInI).
Many organizations run scattered foresight initiatives, such as scenario workshops and trend reports, but these initiatives rarely become a lasting organizational capability that shapes decisions, strategy and budgets. The assessment answers three questions:
We use the Future Shaping Maturity Assessment Tool (FSMAT) developed by the Global Innovation Institute (GInI). It measures 27 categories across seven groups.
Leadership sponsorship and commitment, the philosophy and values that guide the program, and a culture that nurtures future thinking.
Structure, roles and professional certifications; scanning and scenario-building processes; program governance, performance metrics and competencies.
Funding for the Future Shaping program itself, and for the projects and initiatives it launches.
Training and resources, research tools, technology and AI for scanning and analysis, and partner networks with universities and think tanks.
Recognition and rewards, internal communication that keeps staff engaged, and external communication with stakeholders.
How future insights feed the innovation and growth strategy, and strategy management with its goals and initiatives.
The program’s real benefits and impact, how the organization perceives its effectiveness, and how well it is shaping its preferred future.
Weighted according to GInI guidelines; their weighted average is the final maturity score.
For each category, we answer four questions:
Is the element in place and clearly defined?
Does it fit the organization’s situation and future aspirations?
Is it actually used and managed effectively?
Does it achieve its intended results and impact?
A clear desire to shape the future, and the start of a journey toward it.
3.00 – 4.99A formal program and structure for Future Shaping under way.
5.00 – 5.99Advanced foundations, systems and processes, with clear impact from foresight work.
6.00 – 6.99Major progress in foundations and enablers, with tangible impact every year.
7.00 – 7.99The organization shapes its own future and influences its ecosystem through transformative innovation.
8.00 – 10.00A score below 3.00 does not qualify for accreditation. That is where the readiness assessment and roadmap come in.
A guided self-assessment using the same model, showing where you stand today and preparing you for accreditation.
An independent third-party assessment by certified innovation assessors, with the report submitted to GInI to determine the accreditation level.
Defining the scope, collecting documents and forming the liaison team.
Surveys, leadership interviews, evidence review and a validation workshop.
Scoring maturity for each category and group, and benchmarking against leading practice.
A phased roadmap and a briefing for senior leadership.
weeks is the typical duration, depending on the organization’s size and the scope of the assessment.
Scores for each category and group, plus an overall maturity score.
A visual view of strengths and gaps across the seven groups.
Comparison with target scores to focus improvement efforts.
Split into 30, 90 and 180 days.
For senior leadership, summarizing results and priorities.
Training and development programs linked to the gaps found.
Build the unit on a clear maturity model, and know what is missing before you scale.
Or for future-readiness requirements, and needing documented evidence of their maturity.
Who want to link the plan to scenarios and test its resilience to change.
We work with GInI’s Future Shaping Maturity Assessment Tool, so your results are internationally comparable and count toward accreditation.
A team holding GInI professional certifications in innovation, foresight and maturity assessment.
We have worked with many entities on organizational excellence, awards and assessment, and we know the UAE’s future-readiness requirements.
We link the gaps to ready-made training programs from PDCA Learning and to our AI-augmented strategic foresight and research.
Yes. The assessment measures actual practices wherever they exist in the organization, not just the structure. Organizations at the start of the journey usually begin with the readiness track and leave with a roadmap for setting up the unit and building the program.
About 6 to 8 weeks. A small liaison team gathers documents, and we hold targeted interviews with leaders and with people in planning, foresight and innovation roles.
Yes. You can reassess every year with the same model to track progress, and CFSOrg® accreditation requires a full third-party reassessment every two years to maintain it.
Yes. We use the Future Shaping Maturity Assessment Tool (FSMAT) issued by the Global Innovation Institute (GInI), the same tool on which Certified Future Shaping Organization (CFSOrg®) accreditation is awarded.
The readiness assessment is internal: it reveals the gaps and prepares the organization. The formal assessment is an independent third-party review whose report goes to GInI, which decides whether to grant accreditation and at which level.
Book a free 30-minute discovery session. We will introduce the model and agree with you on the best track for your organization.
