Strategic 
Foresight

This ambidexterity will allow you to thrive under the best of conditions—and it’s essential for survival under the worst. Moving in a loop between the present and multiple imagined futures helps you to adjust and update your strategies continually.

  

 

‘Learning from the Future: How to make robust strategy in times of deep uncertainty.’  
By J. Peter Scoblic

 

The Tools You Need
To Give Your Organization
the Edge

Strategic Foresight is a powerful methodology that can help any organization, community, or initiative.  What makes it so valuable?  Well, Strategic Foresight can help:

  • Build resiliency by strengthening the ability to better respond to challenges – not only in the short and mid-term but over the much longer terms as well
  • Drive transformative change by promoting new lateral and systemic thinking
  • Foster a culture of innovative thinking and collaboration
  • Hone current strategy, and drive new emergent ones
  • Enhance the understanding of the systems, and the internal and external factors affecting your business, with an informed view of the possibilities long into the future

 

At Form, we understand this methodology well and can work with you to determine a plan to apply the tools of Strategic Foresight to your project or business.

Understanding the Methodology

What is Strategic Foresight?

Strategic Foresight is a research-driven organizational and social practice for exploring plausible, expected, and alternative futures for the purposes of guiding and informing strategy.  

It is a social science that is more qualitative in nature and differs from more traditional academic research methods.  It is also fiercly collaborative, and draws on multiple perspectives to strengthen the rigour and plausibility.
It differs from Forcasting, but can work together with qualitative analysis to provide deeper insights into what might be, and guide strategy, in the short and longer terms.

Strategic Foresight And Complex Problem-Solving was ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 5 most in-demand skills for 2025.

The article states that:

"Despite rapid advancements, even the most sophisticated AI models in 2025 will only scratch the surface of replicating the intricacies and nuances of human cognition. When it comes to pioneering groundbreaking systems and processes, the human mind remains unparalleled in its capacity to envision holistic, paradigm-shifting solutions essential for true innovation...

...This uniquely human ability to synthesize disparate information, anticipate far-reaching consequences, and navigate ambiguity will continue to be the catalyst for breakthroughs that propel industries forward."

(Forbes Magazine, Oct. 24, 2024)

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What We Do

Foresight Services

Strategic Foresight encompasses a number of components informed by research and consultations. Each project is different and unique; with some being limited in scope, and others utilizing the full spectrum of services. 

At Form, we have the skills and experience to work with organizations, communities, governments, and/or initiatives to determine the right mix of tools and methods, what timelines to examine, and what the overall scope of the project should be to achieve the desired goals.  We can take you through from initial ideation through to implementation.

 

Our Strategic Foresight services include:

 

Research
& Analysis

 

Consultations &
Ideation Sessions

 

Horizon Scanning
(Trends Analysis)

 

Designed
Futures

 

Scenario
Development

 

Strategy
Integration

How Can We Help You?

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