Abstract
Foresight is one way to cope with the challenges of
unfamiliar or unpredictable situations and diverse
viewpoints that innovation management nowadays faces.
Many foresight exercises use workshops. In this article
we are interested in what types of knowledge there are in
a foresight workshop process and how these types of
knowledge are created, shared and synthesized. Our goal
is to both improve the theoretical understanding of
knowledge creation about the futures in participatory
settings and provide a framework for practitioners to
better plan foresight workshops. We argue that there are
two competing rationales in foresight: a divergent
futures rationale and a convergent managerial rationale.
We propose four knowledge types relevant for foresight
workshops and a conceptual model of a workshop process
and illustrate these with two workshop sessions
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings 5th ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Stimulating Innovation |
Subtitle of host publication | Challenges for Management, Science & Technology |
Editors | K.R.E. Huizingh, S. Conn, M. Torkkeli, I. Bitran |
Publisher | International Society for Professional Innovation Management ISPIM |
ISBN (Print) | 978-9-5226-5317-8 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | 5th ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Stimulating Innovation: Challenges for Management, Science & Technology - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 9 Dec 2012 → 12 Dec 2012 |
Conference
Conference | 5th ISPIM Innovation Symposium - Stimulating Innovation: Challenges for Management, Science & Technology |
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Abbreviated title | ISPIM 2012 |
Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Seoul |
Period | 9/12/12 → 12/12/12 |
Keywords
- Innovation management
- foresight
- workshops
- knowledge management
- futures research
- knowledge creation