Foresight for Organizations will acquaint the reader with various foresight methods and tools, to show the reader how these methods are used, what the pitfalls are and how the methods relate to each other.
1. Introduction (Patrick van der Duin) 2. Developing Scenarios (Jan Nekkers) 3. Trend Analysis (Tessa Cramer, Patrick van der Duin & Christianne Heselmans) 4. The Delphi Method (Vincent Marchau and Erik van de Linde) 5. Technological Forecasting (Scott Cunningham and Jan Kwakkel) 6. Technology Assessment (Karel Mulder) 7. Backcasting (Jacco Quist) 8. Roadmapping (Ben Römgens) 9. Interviews (Johan den Hartog) 10. Workshops (Henk-Jan van Alphen) 11. The Future Recycled: Meta-analysis for foresight (Patrick van der Duin and Susan van ’t Klooster) 12. The Acceleration Method (Bram Castelein) 13. Creativity in Foresight. Seven exercises (Saskia Bol) 14. Foresight and Creativity (René Hartman) 15. Stakeholder Analysis (Eefje Cuppen) 16. Causal Loop Diagramming (Kim van Oorschot) 17. Beyond Visualization: Experiencing the future (Nik Baerten)
Biography
Patrick van der Duin is Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, the Netherlands, and Associate Professor of Futures Research and Trendwatching at Fontys Academy for Creative Industries, the Netherlands.
