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Cultural fluency
is your strategic edge.

We’re a cultural strategy consultancy bringing clarity to decision making through critical thinking, provocation and imagination.

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Transformative impact across three fields of expertise

Futures & Innovation

Creating resilient strategies that shape cultural and category futures.

Brand Strategy

Building culturally fluent brands that resonate deeply with your audiences.

Creative Strategy

Translating strategy into execution that moves culture.

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Two proprietary AI-powered platforms enhancing the depth, stretch and agility of our work.

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PatternField:
Revealing deep patterns of cultural meaning

PatternField is a ‘living library’ of curated cultural datapoints across markets – shifts, tensions and rich examples – to distinguish real change from fleeting trends so you can shape culture with confidence.

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SignalField:
Tracking early signals of cultural change

SignalField tracks early signals of change across six dimensions (socio-cultural, capital flows, technology, environment, policy and category) to identify forces and counterforces to reveal future opportunities and risks.

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“Space Doctors are the 4th dimension in marketing. They call it semiotics but it’s more than that — it’s strategic creativity and executional innovation.”

Virginie Helias, WE Marketing Director, now Global Director of Sustainability, Procter & Gamble

Solving complex challenges since 2001

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Our Global Reach

We operate from London, Brighton, New York, Detroit and Singapore, supported by a global network of cultural experts, strategists, designers, futurists, and critical thinkers.

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