Contextual insight as an antecedent to strategic foresight

Mastio, Emmanuel; Dovey, Ken

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2021.102715

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“…The science of future foresight is considered one of the most promising sciences in planning, and the world has begun to pay attention to it, especially after the coronavirus pandemic emerged (Mastio & Dovey, 2021;Aichouni et al, 2021;Lu et al, 2021;Torres & Pena, 2021;Chen et al, 2021;Bourmistrov & Amo, 2022) . Thinking about foresight began institutionally in the RAND Corporation in the 1950s in the military field, and in the 1970s, foresight began to be used in Japan in science and technology and the economic field within the Shell Company.…”

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Awareness of foresight through education in Egypt: a case study from Egyptian university

Ead¹,

Fadlallah²,

Fahmy³

et al. 2021

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Egypt has extensive expertise and experience in future centres through cooperation between independent research institutes and its external partners. The important step forward will be the combination of this experience and the competence of Egyptian institutions to eventually develop a bottom-up regional community of connected educators, scientists, students, practitioners, policymakers and local communities for future foresight. This paper examines the current state of foresight of future and practices among Egyptian universities' faculty members and students, proposing to increase public awareness and comprehension of foresight of future promotion performance in Egypt. A questionnaire designed based on an intensive online project-based bootcamp was done by entrepreneurship club at Cairo University to increase the participants' awareness of the foresight. The questionnaire was distributed to 173 students and participants who attended the camp from 10 faculties of Cairo University and other Egyptian universities. The findings revealed that students were unaware of the Framework Foresight (FF) program and had poor knowledge. Students' awareness of the FF program correlated positively with educational level, age, gender, and specialization. This work provides an approach to understanding the quality of foresight knowledge used or generated throughout the foresight exercises and their significance in sustainable development challenges.

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Awareness of foresight through education in Egypt: a case study from Egyptian university

Ead¹,

Fadlallah²,

Fahmy³

et al. 2021

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“…In a wider scenario, the term "future research" refers to a research intended at discovering ways to predict or sense the future (Slaughter, 1998;Alizadeh and Soltanisehat, 2020). The interest in foresight practices (Mastio and Dovey, 2021) is growing at an escalating pace (Schwarz, 2007). Hamel and Prahalad (1994) discuss that enterprises focussing on creating future opportunities today ace themselves on competitive advantages in the long haul.…”

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Strategic foresight of entrepreneurial firms in energy transition

Datta

Joshi

Gandhi³

2023

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the principal research query and whether strategic foresight deployed by entrepreneurial firms in energy transition aims at crafting future readiness. Design/methodology/approach With a focus on entrepreneurial firms working in the alternative energy segment in the Indian context, the intent is to examine the deployment of strategic foresight by incumbent firms and their entrepreneurial journey. The authors have adopted the approach of Eisenhardt for this research. The area of interest for the authors entailing strategic foresight by entrepreneurial firms in energy transition aligns with defining features reflecting the aim of Eisenhardt method for this exploratory research coupled with constructivism. Findings While the future scenarios in the energy sector have to be necessarily multiple, their alignment with different geographic, economic, demographic and political outlooks shall be defined by the pathways niched through the deployment of strategic foresight for arriving at those scenarios. Research limitations/implications Strategic foresight deployed by entrepreneurial firms has the potential to create future readiness through self-reliant sustainable economic value chains for local populace, thus propagating holistic development in remote regions. Originality/value This paper attempts to knit together the domains of strategic foresight, entrepreneurial firms and energy transition through case research and present the future thinking deployed for navigation in uncharted pathways by capturing the foresight component of these incumbent firms chosen through careful case selection. The narrative has been strengthened by the varied interviews across participants and the observations made by the authors during the research work.

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Verändernde Welt mit exponentieller Beschleunigung: Wie kann Foresight einen Beitrag für Organisationen leisten?

Karwehl

Kauffeld

2022

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Contextual insight as an antecedent to strategic foresight

Cited by 7 publications

References 53 publications

Awareness of foresight through education in Egypt: a case study from Egyptian university

Awareness of foresight through education in Egypt: a case study from Egyptian university

Strategic foresight of entrepreneurial firms in energy transition

Verändernde Welt mit exponentieller Beschleunigung: Wie kann Foresight einen Beitrag für Organisationen leisten?

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