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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 programs and projects might mean:
  • a single person working on a particular issue
  • a team constructing an organizational strategic plan
  • systematized organizational trend spotting and action planning
  • groups of organizations undertaking large-scale enquiries
Needs range from addressing specific one-off challenges or focusing 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 program or project may differ, they all share certain common objectives.
  • challenging existing assumptions and paradigms
  • developing new visions, values, strategies
  • informing decision making
  • expanding collaborative planning
  • increasing organizational 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 organizational decisions including:
 Action oriented
Excellent Foresight programs and projects are:
  • action-oriented
  • open to alternative futures
  • collaborative
  • Interdisciplinary
  • multi-dimensional, not mono-polar
A Foresight program or project must have all these elements to create the best assessment of "what’s next?" and "how to cope with it?"


Further reference

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