Foresight infused strategy development : a how-to guide for using foresight in practice /
Maree Conway.
- Melbourne, Australia : Thinking Futures, 2019.
- ix, 181 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
1. Introduction -- Why Foresight and Foresight Infused Strategy? -- The Value of Foresight Approaches -- Moving Beyond Case Studies and Best Practice -- Case Studies -- Why This Book? -- How the Book is Organised -- 2. My Foresight Journey -- Learning About Foresight at Swinburne -- A New Leader: Killing Foresight Softly -- At Victoria University -- Some Reflections -- 3. A Conceptual Framework -- Foresight Principles -- Different Types of Futures -- Short and Long-Term Thinking -- Challenging Assumptions -- A Word About Worldviews -- A Conceptual Framework for Foresight -- My Conceptual Base -- Bringing Slaughter and Wilber Together -- Finally - 4. About Foresight and Strategy -- About Foresight -- Linking Foresight and Strategy -- Conventional Strategic Planning Challenges -- The Solution: From Strategic Planning Challenges to Foresight Infused Strategy -- Using Foresight for Strategy -- The Generic Foresight Process Framework -- Other Foresight Frameworks -- Making Strategy -- 5. Using Foresight: Getting Started -- Your Positioning: 10 Questions -- Start-Up -- Prerequisites for Successful Foresight Practice -- What's Next? -- Finally -- 6. Using Foresight: Methods Overview -- When to Use a Method -- Foresight Diamond -- Input Methods -- Analytic Methods -- Interpretive Methods -- Prospective methods -- Finally -- 7. Using Foresight: Environmental Scanning -- Defining Environmental Scanning -- Different Scanning Modes -- Getting Started -- A Scanning Framework: Focusing Your Scan -- What You Will Find -- Where to Start Looking -- Knowing When a Scanning Hit Is Useful -- Counter Trends and Wildcards -- Recording your Scanning Hits -- Analysing Your Scanning -- Reporting -- One Organisational Scanning Process -- Finally -- 8. Using Foresight: Strategic Thinking -- Defining Strategic Thinking -- Strategic Thinking in Organisations -- Strategic Thinking and Conventional Business Thinking -- Taking Time to Think Strategically -- Strategic Thinking in Practice -- Finally -- 8. Using Foresight: Strategic Thinking -- Defining Strategic Thinking -- Strategic Thinking in Organisations -- Strategic Thinking and Conventional Business Thinking -- Taking Time to Think Strategically -- Strategic Thinking in Practice -- Finally -- 9. Lessons from the Field -- Introducing Foresight -- Understanding Organisational Politics...At Least a Little -- Picking the Right People -- Start at Both Ends of the Organisation -- Language -- Contexts Matter -- Implementation will Take Time -- Challenging Status Quo Thinking -- Challenges Your Might Face -- 10. Parting Words -- Some Self Reflection Questions