WHO WE ARE
Too little information can be as disconcerting as too much. Patricia Wentworth (inverted)
BEYOND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE! We help organizations move beyond uncertainty, reduce the risks and seize the opportunities.
BEING DIFFERENT, MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Our past at the service of your future
At AUGMNT, we’ve taken an unconventional path (law, financial planning, investment brokering management, reporting issuer management, business and trading) to the world of strategic foresight. We witnessed firsthand the importance of forward, future-thinking in navigating complex landscapes and it taught us the value of being proactive rather than reactive and how many issues and challenges could have been avoided with better foresight and planning and with an augmented sense of impacts and impacts of impacts.
How we make a difference
We understand the importance of compliance, regulatory frameworks, and risk management – factors that are crucial in developing robust foresight strategies. Our attention to detail allows us to uncover insights and trends that others might overlook. We believe that strategic foresight is the key to unlocking new possibilities, mitigating risks, and staying ahead of the competition.
Our work focuses particularly on the necessary pragmatism of the 3 horizons, the use of foresight to articulate a new business theory, on the 2 aspects of the future-readiness being (1) being prepared and (2) creating the future. Furthermore, we focus on the importance of integrating foresight with risk and continuity management programs and the use of other maturity models.
Finally, we promote an organization’s future as being exclusive, proprietary asset/strategy.
What seizing the future means for you
Whether you’re seeking to expand into new markets, innovate your product offerings, make an advance, create an advantage or future-proof your business against emerging threats, our foresight consulting services from trends, signals and impact analysis, to scenario planning and preferred future selection. We offer a comprehensive suite of solutions to help you navigate the uncertainties of tomorrow designed to provide actionable insights and recommendations that drive tangible results.
ABOUT AUGMNT & THE INSTIGATOR
We are a prospective and introspective thinking-based strategic consulting, planning and training firm based in Montreal, QC, Canada.. We provide practical advice, strategic and transformational guidance on creating and managing the future as risks and opportunities. We help organizations articulate their future then integrate and align it in their core decision-making and risk, continuity and future-ready programs.
The Instigator
Hi, I am Chris (Christian) Royer, the founder of AUGMNT and its related brands and I am based in Montreal. I have been involved in a slew of professional and entrepreneurial activities. Since 1993, I have been sharing my personal and professional and entrepreneurial life between Quebec, Canada and the USA, where I was a permanent resident from 1997 to 2018 and where my children are living.
Traditional Education
I hold two (2) law degrees from the Faculty of Law of the University of Montreal and also held licenses as a securities and life insurance representative in Canada.
Continuing Education
Continuing education in the following areas of interest : Futures Thinking Specialization/Certification – Institute For The Future (IFTF) | Social Entrepreneurship – Copenhagen Business School | Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies – Case Western University | New Models of Business in Society – University of Virginia, Darden School of Business | Age of Sustainability, An Introduction – Columbia University (with Jeffrey Sachs) | Circular Economy, An Introduction – TU Delft and Macarthur Foundation | Entrepreneurship: Financing and Profitability – Wharton Business School | Greening the Economies: Sustainable cities – Lund University | Financing and Investing in Infrastructure – Bocconi University | Impact Investing – Essec Paris | Fundamentals of Global Energy Business – University of Colorado | Financial Markets – Yale University | Introduction to Fintech – University of Hong-Kong.
A Diverse Career and Background
My background and experience are very diverse. I have been involved in the practice of law (real estate, banking, corporate and securities including due dilligence, IPO preparation and filing, etc.). I was involved in financial planning, financing arrangement and brokerage, alternative investment brokerage and real estate syndication, promotion and construction. I have managed reporting issuers, performed investor relations and ongoing disclosure. Finally, I was involved in commodities, futures, and spot trading and was engaged in exporting to the MENA regions. I have been providing strategic consulting services for over 40 years.