Price.122 L.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-264) and index.

Pt. I. Systems and foresight -- 1. Foresight and systems thinking: An appreciation -- 2. Foresight and systems - epistemology and theory -- 3. Institutional foresight: Practice and practicalities -- 4. Foresight in industry -- 5. Generalisable outcomes -- Pt. II. Scenarios and sustainability -- 6. Foresight, scenarios and scenario planning -- 7. Sustainable world -- 8. The world of 2030, 2050 and beyond.

"Since the early 1990s interest in foresight has undergone one of its periodic resurgences and has led to a rapid growth in formal foresight studies backed by governments and transnational institutions, including many from the United Nations. However, texts that counterbalance in-depth practical experience with an exposition and integration of the many theoretical strands that underpin the art and theory of foresight are rare." "Foresight: The art and science of anticipating the future provides entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, inventors, scientists, politicians, and many others with a succinct, integrated guide to understanding foresight studies and using them as means for strategy development. The text dispels the belief that anticipations are 'mere guesswork', and conveys the depth of thought needed, implicitly or explicitly, to understand human foresight."--BOOK JACKET.