3 February 2019: At Swiss bank PostFinance (PF), foresight has been a key driver for strategic discussions and innovation for decades. Today’s approach to foresight in strategy development has emerged over theRead More…
Research: The Digital Transformation in Switzerland
7 December 2017: The FHNW School of Business has released the most comprehensive study of the state of the Digital Transformation in Switzerland with a focus on small and medium sized enterprisesRead More…
Teaching: Strategic Foresight and Innovation for FHNW Bachelor Students
29 March 2017: Students at the FHNW School of Business get to know the importance of long term planning and foresight as part of their Strategic Management curriculum (BSc BA in InternationalRead More…
Research news: A Foresight Toolkit for Smart Specialization and Entrepreneurial Discovery
30 December 2016: Gheorghiua, Andreescuc & Curajd (2016) present a review of their experience with horizon scanning, that is to collect and process weak signals, i.e. information on short cycle technologies, peripheral trendsRead More…
Research news: Creating value through foresight: first mover advantages and strategic agility
9 August 2016: The research from Vecchiato (2015) highlights the benefits of corporate foresight and the need of an organisation to build the ability to respond to environmental changes (i.e. strategic agility). ThisRead More…
Research news: Disruptive Innovation – a reflection from Clayton M Christensen et al.
21 April 2016: The term “disruptive innovation” has emerged with the model being developed and published in Christensen’s text “Disruptive Technologies Catching the Wave”. Twenty years since its inception, Christensen and hisRead More…
Case study: A Foresight Support System for the German Federal Armed Forces
12 February 2016: Security-related future analysis is a core task of strategic planning at the German Federal Armed Forces. In order to deliver a Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) research andRead More…
Research news: Pierre Wack’s hidden messages on Scenario Planning found in documents in his Memorial Library at the University of Oxford
5 December 2015: This insightful article from Chermack & Coons (2015) distils and interprets Pierre Wack’s original views on scenario planning. The key discussions and findings from their research based on hisRead More…
Report from the “Second Workshop on Developments in Scenario Planning” at Shell
Organised by the British Academy of Management, UK OR Society and Shell International London, 3 June 2015 28 October 2015: The British Academy of Management and UK OR Society organised a scenarioRead More…
Industry best practice: Integrated Roadmaps and Corporate Foresight as Tools of Innovation Management
5 July 2015: Vishnevskiy, Karasev & Meissner (2015) conducted over 40 project implementations and interviews with Russian companies in the oil & gas, energy and aviation sectors to build an understanding ofRead More…