René Rohrbeck

René Rohrbeck is Professor of Strategy and director of the chair for Foresight, Innovation and Transformation at the EDHEC Business School, France. In his research he develops methods for participatory foresight, scenario-based strategizing and conducts regular benchmarking studies on the Future FITness of organizations.

He holds a doctorate from the Technical University Berlin. In his main research field “Corporate Foresight” he is an internationally recognized thought leader and award winner. He has developed the maturity model for the future orientation of organizations and continuously develops new methods and tools that help organizations to look into the future and manage strategy and innovation under uncertainty. He has benchmarked over 450 companies and advised over 50 top management teams on how to increase their future FITness.

He is also Partner in the Berlin-based consultancy Rohrbeck Heger where he leads the practice on scenario planning and strategy.