While thinking about the future may sound like a nebulous process, there is no shortage of tools available to assist. The most valuable will help bring to the fore new and surprising perspectives, and reveal a more balanced and accurate picture of the present as well as lead to new significant insights about the future.
As you may know, Institute for the Future (IFTF) structures the foresight process around the Prepare – Foresight – Insight – Action cycle with four distinct phases:
