Regarding the immediate future, Hatch was right.
The informing function of foresight refers to generation of insights regarding the dynamics of change, future challenges and options of steering measures and policies.
Given the accounts of Bell, Colt and Robinson, and Morse, it seems as though Socrates's view regarding the foresight of inventors is supported.
In 1969 with uncanny foresight into the future of automobile financing, Row sold his interests in Yegan and created Columbia Financial, Columbia Interstate and Columbia Life & Casualty insurance companies.
A society without foresight faces the future with at least one hand tied behind its back and one eye shut.
By using fear more than foresight to face the future, we constrict our imaginations -- and our ability to adapt.
Strategic Foresight centres on the future from the perspectives of a specific group, community, firm, government or society.
The Food Futures Lab FFLL) at IFTF is focused on using that strategic foresight to understand the future of the food system.
Seward has been given high marks by historians both for his achievements in office, and for his foresight in anticipating the future needs of the U.S. According to his biographer Van Deusen, "his foreign policy built for the future.
There are actual attempts to involve the citizen in initiatives with regard to the future: municipal budget planning in Brazil [23], mass meetings to direct local investment in Salvador, urban management in the Philippines [6], etc. Identifying and processing relevant information with regard to the future is crucial for the foresight process.
In the context of foresight management, scenarios can be helpful when regarding (complex) future situations and problems.
