Understanding best practice in strategic futures work

This report from The Futures Company was originally commissioned by the British Government and is now republished as part of the former's Future Perspectives series.
With a focus on processes and systems, the report emphasises that for organisations to make effective use of strategic futures work it is necessary for them to accept the impossibility of predicting future outcomes. The objective is rather to introduce a new set of skills and perspectives that enable a quicker response to changed circumstances: one person described it as "a strategic fire drill". Best practice will vary by type of organisation and by country but the methods adopted must be credible to the organisation and key audiences. And ensuring the buy-in of both senior staff and those affected by...

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