ORGANISATION, STRATEGY & DESIGN : SUZANNE STEIN MAPPING THE WORLD : 23.01.06

Suzanne Stein from Nokia talks about her approach to mapping the future and taking the temperature of the world of ideas - techniques for navigating into the unknown.


Suzanne is a member of the Consumer Vision team within Nokia Design's Insight & Innovation Group. She is exploring foresighting techniques for design and business strategy ends. She is also a core participant in Nokia Strategy's WorldMap project, which studies emerging trends and identifies new business opportunities created by disruptive technological and market developments.

Suzanne has also been a core Faculty member of the new technology division, Habitat, at the Canadian Film Centre, since its inception in 1997 and has been a Mentor for the Interactive Project Lab that joins the CFC with other innovative technology institutes across Canada (since 2002).

Previously at Sapient Corporation, a business and technology consultancy, Suzanne was the Discipline Lead for the Experience Modeling (XMod) group in London, where she created and managed this group of diverse social scientists. She was also a Director in the User Experience Group, overseeing Creative development and articulation as well as the Research offerings.

Prior to this, she was the Director of Insights and Director of Project Management at X Corporation Unlimited, a communications and design firm.