Pascal Wicht

Futurist and strategic designer specializing in discovery research and preferable futures

Pascal Wicht is a lecturer at ECAL (École cantonale d'art de Lausanne) University of Art and Design, where he leads the Creative Futures module. In this role, he equips students, including graphic designers and innovation managers, with strategic foresight and trend analysis tools to anticipate and influence societal transformations on both local and global levels. He also teaches in the Sustainable and Ethical Business Model course at HEC Lausanne, focusing on strategic foresight and scenario planning to prepare future leaders for ethical and sustainable change.

Professionally, Wicht is a futurist and strategic designer currently working at SICPA, a global leader in security inks and authentication solutions. His work there involves driving strategic design initiatives across various sectors, including cash, R&D, and sustainability. He has a background in founding Whispers and Giants, a consultancy aimed at guiding innovators towards preferable futures, utilizing a network of experts to address complex challenges.1

Experience

Strategic Designer & Manager at SICPA (January 2023 - Present)

Whispers & Giants, a design research studio (2018 - Present), ECAL University of Art and Design Lausanne (October 2023 - Present), HEC Lausanne (September 2021 - Present), IMD Business School (June 2018 - November 2023), EPFL+ECAL Lab (March 2020 - June 2021), CREA Genève (February 2020 - June 2021), ENIGMA SA (March 2015 - August 2018)