Strategic Implications of Future Trends (SIFT) uses trend analysis, scenario based storytelling, mapping, object-based futures (artifacts), and reflection to enable participants to view potential dynamics from a variety of perspectives.
This activity began as a collaboration between Altimeter Design Group and Sandia National Laboratory in 2018. Versions of SIFT were incorporated into exercises for officers in the Naval Postgraduate School’s Applied Design for Innovation program. The SIFT exercise was presented at the 4th International Conference on Anticipation at Arizona State University in 2022.
