First, it offers basic knowledge on foresight and futures thinking (theory, concepts and methods).
The main emphasis is however on Sweden and the EU. Figure 1 presents the methodological framework of the study, which consists of three basic pillars of foresight.
Even the most basic shot is a concatenation of foresight, friction, and various Newtonian laws.
His poor judgment, foresight, and lack of basic common sense in employing Andy Coulson is a major embarrassment and a clear resignation issue.
The deepening division between rich and poor (or salary between chief executive and blue-collar worker), the continuing appeal of affirmative action and multiculturalism to liberals and the relative absence of democratic social foresight and planning all pointed to basic and unresolved dilemmas.
Together with basic trends and key uncertainties, most of the foresight studies analysed include a list of highly improbable and high-impact events, which have also been referred to here (wild cards and black swans).
All these important phenomena are but additions that only emphasize the basic validity of the Continuity Principle: evolution has no foresight and does not perform miracles.
Three basic tests can be applied for the generalised evaluation framework of foresight projects: accountability (efficiency of activities conducted), justification (foresight effects), and learning (ways of the foresight process improvement) [15].
This institution was founded because men and women who came before us had the foresight to know that our nations are more secure when we uphold basic laws and basic norms, and pursue a path of cooperation over conflict.
It is justifiable to argue that futures methods, futures thinking, foresight skills and futures learning are soon-to-be basic competences for all of us.
