Not Just Competitive Intelligence, but Futures Intelligence
VUCA—volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous—is an acronym coined by the U.S. military to describe the geo-political environment after the Cold War. Today, business leaders have…
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Follow Your Futures Compass: How to Identify and Frame Focal Issues
Have you ever tried to drive to a new city without using your phone’s GPS? Do you remember a time when you went on a…
Kill the Five-year Plan
The Current State: Good Intentions, Poor Results Having spent the majority of my career as a finance professional for large, multi-national firms, I know…
The 4 Best Research Annotation Platforms for Strategic Foresight
We always say that you can be a futurist and never make a scenario, but you cannot be a futurist if you don’t scan, scan,…
We don’t talk about futures…no, no, no
Foresight Lessons from Disney’s Encanto Surely by now you’ve watched or at least heard of the new Disney animated film, “Encanto.” Having been quarantined over…
5 Tips to Avoid “Foresight Burnout”
If you’ve learned about Strategic Foresight recently, you’re likely wondering how to start socializing it to the broader organization. You recognize that there’s disruption and…
“Say Goodbye to Frank and Yvette”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” T.S. Elliot A growing body of research suggests…
What Is Natural Foresight®?
Click to jump to that section of the article: VUCA Principles of NFF Leveraging Complexity Three Domains A Framework for the VUCA World Let’s state…
Foresight in Market Research
During a previous 3-day Foundations program, TFS Alumna Michelle Herring shared her perspective on the relationship between foresight and market research. Specifically, she spoke to…
Can You “Future Proof” Your Design Strategies?
Originally published on LinkedIn by Sean Svendsen on November 12, 2018 The Future….Now? A failure of imagination is the undoing of many great design strategies.…
Foresight = Data + Intuition + Research + Creativity
In a recent Forbes article, Industrial and Organizational Psychologist, Sesil Pir, toutes why foresight is a critical skill set for all 21st century leaders. “We…
Creating Strategy in a VUCA World
The ideas that have historically guided us — hierarchical structures of society and organizations, top-down governance, segmented industries, intellectual property, personal ownership — are becoming…
