What are Portfolios

Like findings, portfolios are "items" used in FIBRES to save your data. The default portfolio type are Collection, . Read more about using portoflios.

Introduction to Portfolios

Portfolios is a dedicated space in FIBRES where teams capture and store their sensemaking outputs. While Findings and Radars help you track, organize and visualize information, Portfolios are where you can produce the final written insights and deliverables used for strategic decision-making.

Typical Workflow

To understand where Portfolios fit, it helps to look at the typical end-to-end journey in the FIBRES platform:

1. Collect: Gather signals and trends in the Findings section (Signals, Trends, Technologies, Megatrends, etc.).
2. Analyze: Refine these findings by writing detailed descriptions and assessing their relevance.
3. Visualize: Structure and cluster your findings by plotting them on a Radar to communicate patterns and priorities.
4. Narrate (Portfolios): Turn those observations into summary-level insights, recommendations, and narratives that drive action.

Why use Portfolios?

In professional foresight, a list of trends or a well-populated radar is rarely the final stop. The real value is unlocked when observations are synthesized into something that can be shared and discussed with others.

Portfolios allow you to move beyond "what is happening" to "what does this mean for us?" They are the home for your implications, conclusions, and strategic options.

Common Use Cases

Portfolios are typically (but not limited to) used to produce and store things like:

• Quartely or semi-annual Reports

e.g., "What have we recently observed and what conclusions do we draw?" “What do these trends in combination mean for us?”

• Trend or megatrend reports

e.g., “Top shifts affecting our business area and their expected impact”

• Future Scenarios

e.g. written out narratives of different possible future scenarios to be used in your strategic planning

• Strategic or action plans e.g., e.g., “What action are we planning to take based on the trends understanding collected?” “What is our recommended direction?”

Summary

In short, whereas Findings and Radars are where you collect and organize the material and do initial analysis, Portfolios is where you turn it into summary-level insight, narrative, and decisions.