
Do corporate boards have a foresight problem?
There is much debate over where “foresight” – the structured practice of scanning for future trends and analyzing potential scenarios – should sit within an organization. Does it belong i...
Jan serves as the Professor of Strategic Foresight & Trend Analysis and leads the Bavarian Foresight Institute at Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany. With more than two decades of experience, he has dedicated himself to research, education, and consultancy within the realm of strategic foresight. Jan pursued studies in business management and foresight at the Universities of Cologne and Witten-Herdecke in Germany, as well as Stellenbosch in South Africa. He earned his doctorate from the Berlin University of the Arts (Germany).
Learn more about his work at www.strategic-foresight.de.
There is much debate over where “foresight” – the structured practice of scanning for future trends and analyzing potential scenarios – should sit within an organization. Does it belong i...
Many organizations mistake exposure to future-oriented information for future readiness. They commission trend reports, develop strategy papers and fill slide decks with sophisticated ana...
In an era defined by volatility and complexity, strategic foresight has emerged as a critical capability for corporate leaders aiming to navigate uncertainty and future-proof their organi...
Uncertainty is an ever-present challenge, amplified by economic instability, climate change and rapid technological advances. Strategic foresight offers a way to navigate this complexity,...
Strategic foresight can be an invaluable tool for organizations to anticipate potential challenges and opportunities and challenges, and better prepare for the future. But what is the ide...
La previsión estratégica consiste principalmente en detectar tendencias en el entorno empresarial y desarrollar imágenes alternativas del futuro, conocidas como escenarios. Esta labor pue...
Strategic foresight is predominately about detecting trends in the business environment and developing alternative pictures of the future, known as scenarios. Doing this work can lead to ...
La prospectiva estratégica es el esfuerzo de una organización por detectar cuanto antes las señales débiles y las tendencias, dar sentido a los cambios del entorno y evaluar cómo pueden d...
Strategic foresight is an organization’s efforts to detect weak signals and trends as soon as possible, to make sense of environmental changes and to assess how these changes can play out...
In 2023, simply reacting to short-term developments in the business environment as they come is not adequate — companies must look ahead to potential challenges on and beyond the horizon....








