The Value of Futures Approaches in Strategic Planning

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How do futures approaches ‘add value’ to those processes we now call strategic planning? Organisational planning processes usually focus on the relevant industry sector and mainstream trends, both locally and globally, and develop strategy in response. This focus is essential.  So what’s different with futures approaches? Futures approaches consider a wider range of issues and [...]

A Celebration of 10 Years of Swinburne Foresight

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Over the past few months, I have helped organise a celebration of 10 years of the Masters of Strategic Foresight course at Swinburne University of Technology here in Melbourne. Last Saturday (31 July), a group of about 40 alumni, current students,  present and past teaching staff gathered to celebrate those 10 years. This course was [...]