Foresight Planning Gains Traction in Companies Worldwide
Technological and economic shifts are prompting businesses and public institutions to adopt foresight and scenario‑planning methods. The World Economic Forum’s “Future of Jobs 2025” report projects that 39 % of core worker competencies will change by 2030, linking the trend to technology, demographic change, geopolitical tension and economic pressure. The Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) defines foresight as a structured, systematic process for investigating possible future scenarios, distinct from single‑outcome forecasting. Common practices include monitoring emerging signals, building plausibility cones, mapping consequences and constructing scenario matrices, which help teams test strategies across diverse contexts and expose hidden assumptions. Adaptive foresight is said to boost strategic agility by organizing uncertainty and preparing organisations for multiple possible futures. The online course “Exploring Futures” offered by Hyper Island provides six modules covering signal identification, adjacent futures, scenario building, episodic future thinking, speculative design and ethics, and introduces tools such as the Futures Wheel, scenario matrices and speculative prototypes.
Entities: Future of Jobs 2025 · Futures Wheel · Hyper Island · Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development · World Economic Forum
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- [● 4 SOURCES] Hyper Island offers an online course titled “Exploring Futures” that includes six modules on signals, adjacent futures, scenario building, episodic future thinking, speculative design and ethics. (Hyper Island course description)
- [● 4 SOURCES] The World Economic Forum’s “Future of Jobs 2025” report indicates that 39 % of core worker competencies will change by 2030. (Future of Jobs 2025 report)
- [● 4 SOURCES] Companies and public institutions are revising their planning approaches in response to transformations in work and business models. (General observation)
- [● 4 SOURCES] The OECD defines foresight as a structured, systematic process for investigating possible future scenarios. (OECD definition)
- [● 4 SOURCES] Adaptive foresight can increase strategic agility by organizing uncertainty and supporting preparation for different futures. (OECD observation)