How future-thinking enables change
This article was originally published on the Future Proof blog by Futures Platform, to read the full article, visit: https://www.futuresplatform.com/blog/practicing-foresight-insights-prof-sohail-inayatullah
Sohail Inayatullah, PhD and Professor of Future Studies, presented compelling cases about foresight in practice at the Strategic Foresight Summit.
This article is based on content presented at the Strategic Foresight Summit 2018, organized by Futures Platform.
PRACTICING FORESIGHT - HOW FUTURE-THINKING ENABLES CHANGE
His great insights outlined “futures” fallacies which make futures work difficult for most organisations. He also highlighted the importance of transformative foresight, where the role of stories and metaphors is crucial in constructing a present story of how the future is formed.
Foresight work can range from the near present to the far future. From the short-term horizon of “we are too busy” to “create the impossible,” which is often too far into the future for most decision-makers. “There’s the space to make foresight happen,” Professor Inayatullah explained. The core of futures work is about wanting to make a difference and doing things differently.
In practice, this often means doing futures work before the strategy and policy processes take place.
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