The document discusses the importance of scanning for signs of change in the world and emphasizes the need to adapt to potential future developments, particularly for individuals and organizations. It introduces a resource portal for business insights that provides a holistic approach to addressing business challenges, featuring contributions from experts and offering various customization options. Dr. Peter Bishop, a key figure in strategic foresight, highlights his extensive experience in long-term forecasting and serves as a resource for businesses and professionals seeking to prepare for the future.

2. Scanning is the process of
looking for the signs of change
in the world. No matter how
minor they are, we need to
consider what the world be
like if that change were
to become significant
GIVEN THE ORDINARY,
OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
WE HAVE, IT IS HARD TO KEEP
UP WITH CHANGES GOING
ON IN THE WORLD THAT WILL
IMPACT OUR CAREERS
OR ENTERPRISES

3. We cannot predict the future,
but we can still practice
adapting to change by seriously
considering a range of plausible
futures that will change the
context of our careers and
enterprises
SURPRISING
DEVELOPMENTS OFTEN
COME UPON US SUDDENLY
SO WE ARE UNPREPARED
TO CAPITALIZE ON
THEM OR DEFEND
AGAINST THEM

4. Most of us influence the
future by taking small,
reasonable steps in the
direction of an overall
vision for a long period
of time
MOST PEOPLE’S JOB IS TO
CREATE A BETTER THE
FUTURE THAN THE ONE THAT
WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT
THEIR INTERVENTION, BUT
WE ARE OFTEN UNSURE
ABOUT HOW TO ACT
TO CREATE THAT
CHANGE

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9. YOUR RESIDENT SPECIALIST
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR (RET.), FORESIGHT, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON;
TRAINER, FACILITATOR AND CONSULTANT IN STRATEGIC FORESIGHT—
I.E., LONG-TERM FORECASTING AND PLANNING.
In 2013, Dr. Bishop retired as an Associate Professor of Strategic Foresight and Director of the graduate
program in Foresight at the University of Houston. He has published two books on the subject: Thinking about
the Future: Guidelines for Strategic Foresight (2007) and Teaching about the Future: The Basics of Foresight
Education (2012), both with co-author Andy Hines. He delivers keynote addresses and conducts seminars on
the future for business, government and not-for-profit organizations. He also facilitates groups in developing
scenarios, visions and strategic plans for the future. Dr. Bishop's clients include IBM, the NASA Johnson Space
Center, Nestle USA, Tetra Pak, the Shell Pipeline Corporation, the Defense and Central Intelligence Agencies,
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Dr. Bishop is a founding Board
member of the Association of Professional Futurists and President of his own firm, Strategic Foresight and
Development, that offers training and facilitation DR. PETER BISHOP to businesses and government agencies
Please email Peter@BusinessInsights.Info with any question you have
or topics of interest you would like covered. Feedback is always welcome.
View Peter’s profile at linkedin.com/pub/peter-bishop/7/625/286.

10. METHODS AND TOOLS
FOR VISIONING,
PLANNING AND ACTING
NEWS ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD
OF STRATEGIC FORESIGHT
NEW IDEAS THAT
MIGHT CHANGE
THE FUTURE.
KEY FOCUS
SCENARIOS FOR HOW
THE FUTURE MIGHT
INSIGHTS INTO THE
EMERGING DISCIPLINE OF
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT.
DEVELOP.
METHODS AND TOOLS
FOR FORECASTING
LONG-TERM FUTURES.
PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING THE FIELD OF
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT

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13. MUST READS
ART OF THE
LONG VIEW,
PETER
SCHWARTZ
THE NEXT ONE
HUNDRED
YEARS,
GEORGE
FRIEDMAN

14. MUST READS
TEACHING ABOUT
THE FUTURE,
PETER BISHOP
AND ANDY HINES

15. LINKS
KEY LINKS
THAT WILL
HELP YOU
FIND THE
BEST
RESOURCES
World Future Society
http://www.wfs.org
Association of Professional Futurists
http://www.profuturists.org
Shaping Tomorrow
http://www.shapingtomorrow.com/

16. UPCOMING TOPICS
What to expect going forward and if it’s not here suggest a topic
Long-term forecasting & scenario development,
describing plausible future worlds
Models and explanations of change
News about developments in the field of strategic foresight
Scanning, searching for the signs of change
Specific changes in the Social, Technological, Economic,
Environmental and Political aspects of society
Systems thinking
Visioning, planning and change management,
influencing the long-term future

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