UNCLASSIFIED Future Hunters Lesson 8 Review Whats in

UNCLASSIFIED Future Hunters Lesson 8: Review What’s in this Lesson 1. Learning Objectives 2. Lesson intent 3. Review Questions 4. Quiz 5. End-of-course feedback Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 1

UNCLASSIFIED Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson, you will be expected to: • Describe and apply the key concepts and processes of the course • Identify where to find more information about strategic foresight Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 2

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson Intent • Review each lesson to answer the questions provided • Reflect on how the concepts and processes in this course apply to you personally and professionally • Identify how you might deepen your knowledge of and ability to use strategic foresight Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 3

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 1 Review 1. What is strategic foresight? 2. What five principles for thinking like a futurist does Marina Gorbis propose? 3. Why is strategic foresight important for personal and professional growth? Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 4

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 2 Review 1. What is a future hunter’s mindset? 2. What is the difference between a fixed mindset and growth mindset? 3. Why is it important to recognize, assess, and mitigate your biases? 4. How do you modify your state of mind to become more productive and more creative? Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 5

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 3 Review • How can futurists use history? • How do you explore the history of a specific topic of interest in order to describe that topic’s future? Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 6

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 4 Review • • How does the Army characterize the OE? What is the PMESII-PT framework? What is the purpose of TRADOC’s Mad Scientist Initiative? Identify past, present, and emerging OE trends? Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 7

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 5 Review • What is environmental scanning? • What role do signals play in environmental scanning and strategic foresight? • What is a event/occurrence, trend, emerging issue and wildcard? • What are domain maps and what is their use? • What is STEEP, and what role does in play in scanning? • What is the Cone of Plausibility? What types of futures does it identify? • How do you find analyze scanning hits? • What is a driver? Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 8

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 6 Review What is the purpose of scenario planning? What steps do you take to create a scenario? How do you use archetypes to develop scenarios? How do you develop a 2 x 2 scenario matrix? What are three parts of the Futures Triangle and how do you use them? • Why is it important to identify the implications and indicators for scenarios? • • • Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 9

UNCLASSIFIED Lesson 7 Review • What are the characteristics of a good scenario? • How do you develop critical uncertainties for 2 x 2 Scenario Matrixes? • How do you use a Futures Wheel? Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 10

UNCLASSIFIED Organizational Foresight Capability Examples • U. S. Coast Guard Evergreen: https: //www. uscg. mil/Strategy/Evergreen/ • Government Accounting Office Center for Strategic Foresight: https: //www. gao. gov/about/what-gao-does/audit-role/csf/ • BASF: https: //www. basf. com/global/en/who-weare/organization/locations/europe/german-companies/BASF_New-Business. Gmb. H/scouting-and-incubation. html • Shell: https: //www. shell. com/energy-and-innovation/the-energyfuture/scenarios. html Assessing Organizational Foresight Capability • Foresight Maturity Model (Foresight Alliance): http: //www. foresightalliance. com/resources/foresight-maturity-model/ • “An Organizational Futurist Role for Integrating Foresight into Corporations” (Andy Hines and Jeff Gold): https: //www. researchgate. net/publication/262019853_An_organizational_futurist_r ole_for_integrating_foresight_into_corporations Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 11

UNCLASSIFIED Resources and Training/Education Resources • Institute for the Future: IFTF. org • Future Today Institute: https: //futuretodayinstitute. com • Andy Hines: https: //www. andyhinesight. com/blog/ • Trend Watching: https: //trendwatching. com/ • Trend Hunter: https: //www. trendhunter. com/newsletter • Foresight Signals: http: //www. aaiforesight. com/newsletter • Millennium Project Newsletter: https: //us 6. campaignarchive. com/home/? u=2 a 1 db 6 def 96136 ba 30 c 91395 f&id=9 d 9 bde 906 b • The Way of the Futurist: http: //futuristway. buzzsprout. com/ • University of Houston Foresight Blog: https: //www. houstonforesight. org/blog/ • The Futures School Blog: https: //thefuturesschool. com/blog/ Training/Education • University of Houston Foresight (Professional Certificate): https: //uh. edu/technology/programs/professional/fore/ • University of Houston Foresight (Graduate): https: //uh. edu/technology/programs/graduate/foresight/ • University of Hawaii (Undergraduate and Graduate): http: //www. futures. hawaii. edu/academic-offerings. html • IFTF Workshops: https: //www. iftf. org/foresightessentials/ • IFTF Coursera Course: https: //www. iftf. org/futuresthinkingspecialization/ • Prescient: https: //prescient 2050. com/events/strategic-foresight-training-sandbox-2020/# • The Futures School: https: //thefuturesschool. com/programs/ Victory Starts Here! UNCLASSIFIED 12

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