Strategic Foresight Session 2-Video

What is the main purpose of strategic foresight?

• To ignore uncertainties and unknown unknowns

• To rely solely on traditional forecasting and risk analysis

• To inform present decision-making using multiple plausible futures

• To predict the future with certainty

What is the primary focus of scenario planning?

• Crafting manufactured narratives set in the future

• Exploring the past data to predict future events

• Assigning probabilities to future events

• Using machine learning to predict future outcomes

What is the main benefit of policy gaming?

• To make predictions about future events

• To uncover blind spots and avoid wishing away problems

• To rely solely on traditional research approaches

• To ignore the impact of uncertainties on decision-making

What is the main obstacle to achieving a shift towards strategic foresight?

• Lack of expertise

• Emotional barriers

• Institutional barriers

• Lack of resources

What is the main purpose of horizon scanning in strategic foresight?

• To analyze past trends

• To identify potential future challenges and opportunities

• To create fictional scenarios

• To predict the exact future events