Our foresight process

We explore new trends to build the future of jobs in cities and regions together.

Leonard’s difference:

An integrated approach from foresight to action
Working groups focusing on each issue including experts from all VINCI businesses
A cross-business approach leveraging a network of experts inside and outside the Group

Our foresight process

Trend analysis

Leonard identifies the weak signals and analyses the new trends that shed light, for VINCI companies, on the future of jobs in construction, mobility, property development and sustainable cities.

Exploration by theme

Leonard leads foresight work to identify long-term issues, define new growth opportunities for VINCI and support shifts in the Group’s businesses.

Construction of forward-looking scenarios

With experts inside and outside VINCI, Leonard creates scenarios relating to the future of cities and regions, and the associated businesses.

Seven themes we are exploring

The foresight working groups are tasked with identifying the long-term issues for VINCI, the opportunities for developments in the Group’s businesses and organization, and new opportunities for growth. Each working group is sponsored by a member of VINCI’s Executive Committee and brings together experts from all business lines across the Group.

Autonomous, connected and electric mobility

How can infrastructure evolve to support the deployment of autonomous, connected and electric mobility?

New autonomous, connected and electric mobility is one of Leonard’s foresight focus areas. This conversation originally revolved around the role infrastructure plays supporting autonomous and connected vehicles, and has since grown to encompass other forms of mobility and the associated sources of energy. It examines the Group’s businesses and the choice of services it provides. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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Climate resilience and environment

In the face of climate change, how can we make infrastructure more resilient and integrate environment in our businesses?

The impacts of climate change are affecting our cities and our infrastructure. The goal with this foresight process at Leonard is to explore ways of making infrastructure more resilient by factoring environmental concerns into our businesses with a view to coping with extreme weather events. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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Digitalization of construction and operation of buildings and infrastructure

How can we integrate the digital revolution and rethink our business models, value chains and jobs in construction and operation of infrastructure and buildings?

Through this foresight process, Leonard is probing the great promise that BIM (Business Information Modeling), BOS (Building Operating Systems) and Construction Tech hold. They will bring about productivity and reliability gains, and invite us to rethink our business models and take a new look at the value chain. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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Artificial intelligence

How can we integrate AI into our activities and what new value propositions could it bring?

Automated modeling, generative design, predictive monitoring for worksites, traffic optimization and energy efficiency, crisis prevention and management: AI’s ever-expanding scope of application and its development are raising questions that will radically reshape our businesses. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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New forms of work

How will new managerial models and organizations impact our companies?

Changes in the world of work, particularly due to the desire for greater horizontality from collaborators, as well as from the increasing use of AI and other new technologies, are prompting the Group to reconsider its managerial model and its organization. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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Everything-as-a-Service

How is this revolution reshaping value chains in construction, mobility, property development and sustainable cities?

Many business sectors have seen new models gain ground in recent years, shifting them away from traditional buying and selling transactions towards the functionality economy, which revolves around the use of goods and services. This trend is the starting point for this foresight working group, which is taking a deep dive into the Group’s construction and concession activities and the business models underlying them. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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Hydrogen

What opportunities does the development of low-carbon hydrogen bring to our business?

Low-carbon hydrogen production aims to reduce CO2 emissions from the refining and fertiliser production sectors. At the same time, new applications are being developed to decarbonise the land, rail and air mobility sectors as well as heavy industry. The restructuring of the entire value chain - production, storage, distribution and applications - therefore presents many challenges for VINCI's activities. This foresight working group brings together representatives from all VINCI activities, and is building a shared vision on this theme and cascading it into operational and innovative projects.

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