Talk:Foresight (futures studies)

Wikiprojects
Tags duplicated from Futurology pending a merger discussion. --Yamara ✉  17:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate tone tag
Instances of weasel words, peacock terms, and casual speech can be found throughout the article. --Yamara ✉  17:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Merger
Future studies was merged with Futurology in January 2008; this article seems to come under the same issue, and is being discussed on the Talk:Futurology page. --Yamara ✉  17:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think Foresight claims to be a tool rather than a general topic, and I propose we rewrite this article, with a lot of pruning involved. Classical geographer (talk) 10:20, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Tool? No, Strategic Foresight, Futures Studies, and Futurology are all three distinct but related schools of thought. Merged? Okay, but the differences need to be explained. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.185.12.208 (talk) 21:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I was against a merger of this article with the other ones, on the assumption that Foresight (Analysis?) is more of a tool, and Future Studies and Futurology a school of thought. If they are all different schools of thought, I am also in favour of merging them, of course. If you are an expert, 210.185.12.208, then please feel free! Classical geographer (talk) 08:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Technology foresight should not be merged because it is a topic of its own belonging to the field of science and technology policy where research foresight and technology foresight are specific methods for looking over the horizon five to seven years hence to identify new and emerging technologies and come up with possible advise to government and other agencies as to priorities in science and technology /innovation/ policy agendas. Quite anumber of countries have had and some still have S&T foresight units. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.168.109 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 22 November 2008
 * And quite some countries have Ministries of Agriculture, yet that doesn't say anything about the general topic of agriculture, does it? Classical geographer (talk) 08:54, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Foresight and Scenario Planning
dear colleagues, will you explain to me, what the differences between the foresight and scenario planning? Vip (talk) 09:24, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Foresight describes the discipline, while scenario planning is a tool or method used within the discipline of foresight. Foresight may also include methods such as horizon scanning, roadmapping, trend research. Foresight is therefore not restricted to the method of scenario planning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.25.109.195 (talk) 15:52, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Small changes made by Foresight student
I am a student in the M.S. in Foresight program at the University of Houston and I made these following changes on this article -

I added for field practice and study context - The foresight of futures studies is also known as strategic foresight. this foresight used by and describing professional futurists trained in Master's programs is the research-driven practice of exploring expected and alternative futures and guiding futures to inform strategy. Foresight includes understanding the relevant recent past; scanning to collect insight about present, futuring to describe the understood future including trend research; environment research to explore possible trend breaks from developments on the fringe and other divergencies that may lead to alternative futures; visioning to define preferred future states; designing strategies to craft this future; and adapting the present forces to implement this plan. There is notable but not complete overlap between foresight and strategic planning, change management, forecasting, and design thinking.

I also edited the 2nd bullet point to make clear the difference between normative and application foresight practitioners - debate and for some futurists who are normative and focus on action driven by their values who may be concerned with effort to create wider participatory democracy. Foresight is a set of competencies and not a value system, however.

- Joe Murphy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe Murphy SF (talk • contribs) 06:10, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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