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March 2013
Foresight Engine Game Analysis:
25 Zones of
Future Innovation
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A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundation
www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation
Contact: Tessa Finlev, tfinlev@iftf.org

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In light of newfound crowdsourcing tools
and relatively pervasive mobile phone and
Internet connectivity, people are rapidly
expanding the scope of opportunities that
harness the power of the crowd.
Organizations and individuals alike are
developing platforms that allow the crowd to
build social movements, organize disaster
responses, and report on corruption. A most
interesting evolution of crowdsourcing is
matching, or routing, resources to the people
and efforts that need them the most, in the
moment they are needed.
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This idea is to use the crowd, from the village to the nation to the world, to map
resources and send them where they are most needed. Catalysts for Change
players challenged us to push crowdsourcing tools to the global limit. While many
cards looked at platforms built and maintained by governments or non-profits, the
addition of crowdsourcing mechanisms to these programs points to a potential for
unprecedented power and outsized impact. Players suggested building platforms that
would allow individuals to track local resources, skills, and jobs, and then possibly
upload them to a global marketplace where these needs can be matched globally. The
end goal is to build efficient crowdsourced resource-routing platforms for everything
from natural resources to human resources and beyond.
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Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
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A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
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Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa

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Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway
8 | Resource Routing | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA

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Create a skills exchange
barter system so that people
can trade skills. So a tailor can
train the child of a carpenter
and vice-versa.
Ghana
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Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway

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A collective appreciation cloud
which would count the jobs
and skills someone would
create could be a separate
social solution
Netherlands
8 | Resource Routing | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway
Create a skills exchange
barter system so that people
can trade skills. So a tailor
can train the child of a
carpenter and vice-versa.
Ghana

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Improvement cloud-network to
find plans, blueprints, lessons
and collaborators to let you
create physical improvement
to your area. #leap
USA
8 | Resource Routing | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
A collective appreciation cloud
which would count the jobs
and skills someone would
create could be a separate
social solution
Netherlands
Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway
Create a skills exchange
barter system so that people
can trade skills. So a tailor
can train the child of a
carpenter and vice-versa.
Ghana

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An improved communication
system, between the people
needing work and people
needing them. A database of
“quests" (jobs)
Brazil
8 | Resource Routing | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
A collective appreciation cloud
which would count the jobs
and skills someone would
create could be a separate
social solution
Netherlands
Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway
Create a skills exchange
barter system so that people
can trade skills. So a tailor
can train the child of a
carpenter and vice-versa.
Ghana
Improvement cloud-network to
find plans, blueprints, lessons
and collaborators to let you
create physical improvement
to your area. #leap
USA

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Look at River of
Words:http://www.riverofwords
.org/ and then add a focus on
local resources + an
interactive map for posting
observations
USA
8 | Resource Routing | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
A collective appreciation cloud
which would count the jobs
and skills someone would
create could be a separate
social solution
Netherlands
Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway
Create a skills exchange
barter system so that people
can trade skills. So a tailor
can train the child of a
carpenter and vice-versa.
Ghana
Improvement cloud-network to
find plans, blueprints, lessons
and collaborators to let you
create physical improvement
to your area. #leap
USA
An improved communication
system, between the people
needing work and people
needing them. A database of
“quests" (jobs)
Brazil

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8 | Resource Routing | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Govts create and fund centres
worldwide where unemployed
register. These skills are then
sent where required to build,
teach, mentor.
South Africa
A global match-making
platform for professionals &
local communities with
matching visions to co-create
& realize authentic solutions
USA
A collective appreciation cloud
which would count the jobs
and skills someone would
create could be a separate
social solution
Netherlands
Nobody determines who gets
what, a correlation center
provides us with the Intel of
how much resources we have
to sustain ourselves.
Norway
Create a skills exchange
barter system so that people
can trade skills. So a tailor
can train the child of a
carpenter and vice-versa.
Ghana
Improvement cloud-network to
find plans, blueprints, lessons
and collaborators to let you
create physical improvement
to your area. #leap
USA
An improved communication
system, between the people
needing work and people
needing them. A database of
“quests" (jobs)
Brazil
Look at River of
Words:http://www.riverofword
s.org/ and then add a focus
on local resources + an
interactive map for posting
observations
USA

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Signals from the Present
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Amazon wedding registry services were
repurposed by Occupy Sandy after the
Hurricane in late 2012 to help get much needed
supplies directly to the hurricane victims.
Viral
Viral is a Mexican organization that
uses a gamified matchmaking process
to connect community leaders with
social entrepreneurs and volunteers to
solve local problems.
8 | Resource Routing | Signals from the Present
Amazon Registry for Direct Donations
Image Source: www.viral.org.mx/debates
Image Source:
www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wedding/32TAA123PJR42/ref=cm_wed_vv_page_
1?ie=UTF8&page=1&sort=category-bucket

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Originally a Twitter-driven citizen mobilization movement headquartered in
Ghana during the height of the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire, #civsocial got
emergency supplies to the places they were needed despite the government
cutting mobile networks. Today the network continues to grow with a standby
team on Twitter, Facebook, Blackberry Messenger and Skype. #civsocial
currently supports the government in policies around crises management, and
has built Akendewa, the first tech hub in French-speaking Africa.
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#civsocial
Image Source: www.twitter.com
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© 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
March 2013
Foresight Engine Game Analysis:
25 Zones of
Future Innovation
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundation
www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation
Contact: Tessa Finlev, tfinlev@iftf.org