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Excellent overview of the concepts of strategic foresight

These points are a useful way to think about how an individual can impact an organization's use of strategic foresight (here called "strategic discovery").

MBA in Strategic Foresight is designed to develop leaders who can inspire companies, NGOs, and governments to imagine better futures. Students also learn to manage the processes of creating and implementing new business models and strategies in order to make those futures real.

The SFI report Crisis and Disaster Resilience 2030 focused on a deep analysis of future emergency management needs. The more recent document Toward More Resilient Futures: Putting Foresight Into Practice shifts the focus from theory towards practice.

"Strategic foresight is a way of structuring your thinking so that you can create the future that you want," says futurist Kristen Alford.  Do you agree?

A Belgian-based organization seeking to apply strategic foresight planning in nine key domains and a trans-domain group. This one, Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) has elements dealing with material culture, history, music and art and other museum-related topics.

Note the way the frame their 6 tips...just as we frame it in our workshop

Though specifically for a Maryland county parks and rec dept, this strategic plan document might be useful for museum professionals who could be involved in similar long-term projects.

A thought-provoking list. The "Corporate Disorganizer" could be the strategic foresight specialist who helps the organization see how they fit or might fit with plausible futures.

Emphasis is observing human experience, analyzing challenges and opportunities, and envisioning future possibilities