Thinking about the Future , by Andy Hines and Peter Bishop, distills the expertise of three dozen senior Foresight professionals into a set of essential Guidelines for carrying out successful Strategic foresight.
Executives will find both the Guidelines and the framework invaluable for understanding what it takes to successfully explore the future, while analysts who actively carry out Strategic Foresight projects will find the book an indispensable reference that they turn to again and again..
The resulting framework Foresight process is described in Section 7.0 Applying the Framework .
We have been working on our approach to doing and teaching how to do Foresight projects for the University of Houston Foresight Program since the book was published in 2007.
The more significant change is the addition of a new section that provides specific how-to process advice to supplement the guidelines.
Otherwise, the original Guidelines are intact, in the same place and order.
This second edition provided an opportunity to update the examples for the Guidelines where they seemed dated.
The 115 Guidelines are organized into six sequential categories that mirror the phases of a Strategic Foresight activity: Framing, Scanning, Forecasting, Visioning, Planning, and Acting.
Presented in a highly scannable yet personable style, each guideline includes an explanation and rationale, key steps, a case example, and resources for further study.
Thinking about the Future , by Andy Hines and Peter Bishop, distills the expertise of three dozen senior Foresight professionals into a set of essential Guidelines for carrying out successful Strategic foresight
