Example Projects

For more than 15 years the DTN has been facilitating scenario processes to a diverse body of clients across 3 continents. It has worked with a range of private and public sector clients including Nokia, Rabobank, Schlumberger, Telenor, Vodafone, Sanoma, Rotterdam City, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Spatial Planning, etc.

Strategic initiatives that has resulted from DTN scenarios has facilitated € 400 million in additional profit for DTN clients since 2001. For commercial clients DTN scenarios have anticipated the global financial crisis (2006), rise of the internet, the long recession that followed the dot com-crash, delay in 3G implementation and the dominance of WiFi, the failure of WAP and success of SMS, a $70 oil price (when it was $23), the foundering of the European constitution, the emergence of Internet video (e.g. YouTube) etc.

In public sector transformation the DTN together with the EDBR helped create the International Advisory Board for the City of Rotterdam, that led to the groundbreaking initiative of the city to half its CO2 emissions by 2025 and to become the number 1 intercultural city in Europe.