Journal
FORESIGHT
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 4-+Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/14636680810855991
Keywords
Social dynamics; Epistemology; Change management; Economic change; Forward planning
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present a new approach to the study of the future. Design/methodology/approach - The paper describes six foundational concepts (the used future, the disowned future, alternative futures, alignment, models of social change, and uses of the future), six questions (will, fear, missing, alternatives, wish, and next steps as related to the future) and six pillars (mapping, anticipating, timing, deepening, creating alternatives, and transforming), giving examples and case studies where appropriate. Findings - In an increasingly complex and heterogeneous world, futures studies can help people to recover their agency, and help them to create the world in which they wish to live. Originality/value - The paper integrates and builds on a variety of futures studies' concepts, ways of thinking and techniques and integrates them into a new approach.
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