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Thinking about the Future distills the expertise of three dozen senior foresight professionals into a set of essential guidelines for carrying out successful strategic foresight. 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. The 115 guidelines are organized into six sequential categories that mirror the phases of a strategic foresight activity, namely Framing, Scanning, Forecasting, Visioning, Planning, and Acting. 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.
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Andy Hines manages the consulting practice at Social Technologies, and also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston MS Program in Futures Studies, whose program he graduated from in 1990. He enjoyed earlier careers as both a consulting and organizational futurist, including at Dow Chemical and Kellogg and at the futures think tank Coates & Jarratt. He co-founded and was Executive Director of the Association of Professional Futurists, has co-authored two previous books including 2025 Science and Technology Reshapes US and Global Society (Oak Hill, 1997) and has authored dozens of articles, speeches, and workshops including An Audit for Organizational Futurists, which won the 2003 Emerald Literati Awards Outstanding Paper accolade when it was published in Foresight magazine. Dr. Peter Bishop is an Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight and Coordinator of the MS Program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston. Dr. Bishop specializes in long-term forecasting and planning. He delivers keynote addresses and conducts seminars on the future for business, government, and not-for-profit organizations, and facilitates groups in developing scenarios, visions, and strategic plans for the future. He is a founding board member of the Association of Professional Futurists, as well as President of his own firm, Strategic Foresight and Development, which provides businesses with education and training in futures thinking and techniques. He received his doctoral degree in sociology from Michigan State University in 1974.
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