Foresight Tools for Product Development:

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Foresight Tools for Product Development:

Colloquium Overview

Alternative possible futures...

…alternative possible futures

Alternative futures: possible, probable, and preferable

Futures Studies is…

Inter, trans, meta disciplinary:

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Futures Studies is…..

Evaluating forecasts: Any useful statement about the future should seem to be ridiculous. -- Dator’s Law

Creativity…what is it?

Creativity: what constrains it?

Creativity: what supports it?

Creativity: common tools…

Innovation Day: Working with Electric Boats

Innovation Day, cont’d.: Working with Electric Boats

The context of applied futures research

Identifying change...

Critical forces of change...

Emerging issues of change…

…emerging issues of change, cont’d.

…looking for impacts

Futures Wheels: Workshop Instructions

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Scenarios: imagining difference through structured processes.

Effective scenarios…. provoke ideas!

Basic scenario building:

Using scenarios...

Incasting… exploring alternative futures

Report results as news headlines...

High Tech Decentralization...

Environmental Sustainability...

Discipline and Duty...

The Future, Inc.

World Crash

”po” … from Edward de Bono

Example ”po” …

kangaroo po car

octopus po coat

butterfly po office furniture

cat po vacuum cleaner

Author: Wendy L. Schultz

Email: wendy@infinitefutures.com

Home Page: http://www.infinitefutures.com/index.shtml

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Keywords: foresight, futures studies, innovation, emerging issues, competitive intelligence, creativity