Foresight Approaches

Foresight Approaches - Practical Foresight Aim
The ultimate aim of using strategic foresight to advantage is to provide challenging visions of alternative futures which can be acted upon today in order to shape the best possible tomorrow.

Engagement
Strategic foresight programmes and projects might mean:
  • a single person working on a particular issue
  • a team constructing an organisational strategic plan
  • systematised organisational trend spotting and action planning
  • or groups of organisations undertaking large-scale enquiries.

Needs range from addressing specific one-off challenges or are focused on delivering continuous intelligence and strategic thinking to provide agility and resilience in the face of increasing uncertainty.

Common objectives
While the aims and goals of each individual programme or project may differ they all share certain common objectives.

  • challenging existing assumptions and paradigms
  • developing new visions, values and strategies
  • informing decision-making
  • expanding collaborative planning
  • increasing organisational foresight capabilities.

They are delivered using systematic thinking frameworks.

Foresight Approaches

Driving forces
They typically examine all the global, regional and/or national driving forces associated with making organisational decisions including:

Action oriented
Excellent Foresight programmes and projects are:

  • action-oriented
  • open to alternative futures
  • collaborative
  • Interdisciplinary
  • multi-dimensional, not mono-polar.

A Foresight programme or project must have all these elements to create the best assessment of ‘what’s next?’ and 'how to cope with it?’

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