Abstract
If you've opened this guide, you already know that strategic foresight can empower your organisation with the approaches and tools to be prepared, agile, and resilient for the future. Someone recommended that you explore this topic. Either way, you're in the right place. No matter what stage of your company's foresight journey you are currently at, we have created a guidebook for organisations like yours to further develop and enhance their foresight capabilities, ensuring the organisation is future-proof.
Grounded in the latest research and co-created alongside pioneering companies, this book offers a practical path forward. Through numerous real-world examples, you'll discover the practices that leading organisations use across various areas of foresight, reassuring you that you can apply this knowledge effectively.
The first three chapters focus on the benefits of having a future-oriented mindset and integrating foresight into decision-making.
In Chapter Four, we take a giant leap – or at least a moonshot – as we learn how to leverage foresight to uncover ideas for radical innovation. Chapters Five and Six focus on organising systematic foresight and involving the entire organisation in foresight practices. The following two chapters show how to include stakeholders in your foresight activities, such as anticipating customers' future needs and collaborating with networks for foresight. Chapter Nine covers methods for demonstrating the impact of foresight on C-level executives. Finally, the last chapter summarises the key takeaways from the book and includes a glossary of new concepts.
* Why foresight matters
* For business leaders, managers, strategists, or anyone interested in the future of their organization
* Research-based knowledge on how to navigate to the future
* Real-world examples bring the concepts to life
Original language | English |
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Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
Number of pages | 105 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-951-38-8838-1 |
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Publication status | Published - 2024 |
MoE publication type | D4 Published development or research report or study |