Terra Incognita ... anxieties and inequalities, fragility and sustainability, machines and trust ... a fabulous new map of current and future uncertainties. - Peter Fisk
How do you make sense of today’s world of relentless, uncertain change? Perhaps every boardroom needs a futurist in residence. Certainly, the old approach to incremental strategy development has given way to a much more creative and exploratory approach to business strategy, built around future casting, scenario planning, and agile roadmaps. But that means it’s […]
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How Superintelligence Affects Human Health: A Scenario Analysis * Journal of Futures Studies
Population health is a crucial determinant of human prosperity and well-being. Poor health can lead to reduced productivity, poverty, and premature death, with the COVID-19 pandemic underscoring the vulnerability of population health on a global scale. Self-learning algorithms have the potential to improve population health in a sustainable way and bring a paradigm shift to healthcare. We utilize intuitive logic to generate future scenarios in order to address the research question. These scenarios are categorized as either health-promoting or health-damaging, and superintelligence is considered either dominating or non-dominating. We provide strategic implications for each scenario, which can guide policy action in dealing with superintelligence.
From Insight to Foresight - new publication on World Futures Review - The Millennium Project
“From Insight to Foresight: The Transformative Potentials of the Futures Triangle” is a recent publication by Shermon Cruz (Philippines Node and APF Chair) on World Futures Review (Volume 15, Issue 2-4), in collaboration with Nicole Anne Moura, Joanna Marie Lim, Michael Niel Angelo Bulatao, Ghelvin Auriele Aguirre, and Joel Dela Paz, Jr., https://doi.org/10.1177/1946756723121512. Abstract: The […]
Global Foresight Summit 2021. Wendy Schultz: It’s Chaos Turtles All the Way Down.
Exploring the concepts of turbulence and attractors as the true guts of the pasts-and-futures cone, and how humans adapt and impose order on chaos via images of the future - and what that means futures researchers should be collecting as data in addition to conditions, trends, emerging changes, and wild cards.
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The Global Foresight Summit is a not-for-profit virtual conference with the goal of increasing futures literacy, breaking thinking silos and raising awareness in futures intelligence, strategic foresight, and futures thinking.
http://www.globalforesightsummit.com
Global Foresight Summit 2021. Wendy Schultz: It’s Chaos Turtles All the Way Down.Exploring the concepts of turbulence and attractors as the true guts of the ...
Research Projects
Future of Libraries
Client: The Seattle Public Library
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The Seattle Public Library (SPL) asked Houston Foresight to use scenario planning to help explore the future of libraries into 2032. The purpose of developing this long-term
VEP Project - Stakeholder Mapping | The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
Stakeholder Mapping in Venture Equity
Transition Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Understanding stakeholder perspectives on the problem of lack of funding for entrepreneurs of color in the US and UK using Transition Design.
SUMMARY
This 6-month research project brought together stakeholders
Join us for an insightful webinar on "The Role of Foresight in Organizations," where we will explore key questions and discussion topics that delve into the growing importance of strategic foresight in the business world.
In recent times, strategic foresight has emerged as a key focus in the business world.
Guests are Sabrina Sullivan and Matt Klein
Organizations are increasingly allocating resources to develop a structured approach aimed at understanding potential futures and preparing for possible changes.
' While strategic foresight is still not universally practiced, it has gained significant traction as a crucial tool for strategic planning in an era marked by uncertainty.
This involves breaking free from short-term thinking and adopting a mindset that anticipates and innovates for the future
Sabrina has spent over 15 years nurturing bold ideas and the brilliant minds behind them. As a recognized Corporate Futurist and Strategist, she currently serves as Foresight Fellow at Ford Motor Company. Her impressive track record also includes leading one of Deloitte’s premier innovation programs and driving transformation efforts in Canadian higher education. Known for melding the abstract world of future possibilities with the concrete art of crafting actionable strategies, Sabrina's work is a testament to her commitment to deep research, critical thinking, and the occasional delightful surprise. Her distinctive approach has also led to the creation of “by+by,” an initiative dedicated to building capacity and fostering new ways of working around embedding strategic foresight in organizations. Sabrina's focus remains steadfast on ensuring organizations and their people are tomorrow-ready, poised for a future of choice over constraint.
Matt Klein is a digital anthropologist, cultural theorist and strategist making sense of social shifts. Matt is a Resident Futurist with Hannah Grey VC, and a Webby-winning writer for his publication ZINE, which supplies cultural intel to brands, governments, philanthropies and investors around the world.
Important Note If you wish to use the information provided in this page, please reference as follows: Popper, R. (2008) Foresight Methodology, in Georghiou, L., Cassingena, J., Keenan, M., Miles, I…
Bringing True Strategic Foresight Back to Business
Strategy and foresight were once the same discipline. And they should be again. The immediacy of day-to-day operations can lead to a strategic process that is more about ticking boxes and filling templates, which often end up languishing, unopened, in an inbox. With modern updates and improvements to these combined disciplines, leaders can sharpen their vision for the future, empowering managers to make informed strategic choices and propelling teams towards superior performance. This domain is true strategic foresight: a disciplined and systematic approach to identify where to play, how to win in the future, and how to ensure organizational resiliency in the face of unforeseen disruption. This article aims to define strategic foresight for leaders, advocating for its integration as a core competency in every organization, regardless of size.
For companies, who does strategic foresight work matters. Here's why
New research on #strategicforesight from the Bavarian Foresight-Institute and Nuremberg Institute of Market Decisions (NIM) can help provide an answer.
Open Foresight Hub is a wiki dedicated to organizing and sharing foresight knowledge. Centered on crowd-sourced wiki principles, the Hub aims to make it possible for anyone to access and contribute to the collective effort.
