Strategic Foresight
Learning from the Future
Number of pages: 177
Publisher: Triarchy Press
BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths, Personal Success
ISBN: 978-1-909470-66-8
Editorial Review
Everyone uses some foresight; most people think about the future at some time and try to make sense of it in their day-to-day lives. Take present-buying: you are using foresight to think ahead to what each person would like to receive (decision-making); to think about where you will find/buy/make each gift and how you will afford it, which requires planning and goal-setting; and to implement your “strategy.” You are reflecting before you make your decision and creating connections in order to make good decisions. For instance, say you have a family member who likes to read and spends a lot of time on trains. Connecting the two might mean that an e-reader would be a good gift (if you have the budget and you know the person doesn’t have one).
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Wisdom to Share
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When the Eagle spots prey, she is ready to alter and correct her flight path if the prey changes direction. She is keeping “an eagle eye” on the lie of the land as the present becomes the past and the future unfolds into the present.
A major point of Strategic Foresight is to enable you to make good choices for the future and then implement these choices in your organization, creating the changes you need in order to flourish and endure.
Today’s leaders need to anticipate; they need to think ahead. That doesn’t just go for you or me as individuals, or even as leaders in our businesses, but also as human beings.
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