Although not commonly discussed in these terms within the business community, chaos theory, nonlinear dynamics, complexity theory, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle are theories that converge and influence foresight strategies [28].
4) Foresight and Strategy: In the good old days, strategy making relied on forecasting the future by extrapolating based on what happened in the past.
Most of the literature on Foresight and strategy engages in theoretical concepts and frameworks, but we rarely see literature that addresses "real practice", i.e., how these concepts are put into practice and how they are framed by those who apply them.
It takes discipline, foresight, research, strategy, and, if done right, ends in total victory.
Senioritis is a serious affliction (that almost all seniors get) but with a little foresight and strategy, you can graduate from college with your GPA and sanity in tact.
Human selection in plant domestication and improvement has foresight and strategy, but is a selective force that, unless using induced mutation, must rely on the same generators of change as blind natural selection.
The above-mentioned statements indicate the importance of further research that explores the connections between the strategy, foresight, and organisational culture.
Senge [8] writes about the learning organisation in his work, but what he says can also be linked to the concept of (individual and organisational) Foresight, where the strategy-makers operate in the extended future and deliberately shape the future through their actions [9, 10].
