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| Horizon Scanning× | Foresight Scenario Method× | |
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| Field | Science Technology Studies | Science Technology Studies |
| Family | Process / pipeline | Process / pipeline |
| Year of origin≠ | 2009 | 1995 |
| Originator≠ | William J. Sutherland, Effie Amanatidou, and the foresight/scanning community | Paul Schoemaker, drawing on Herman Kahn and the Shell/intuitive-logics tradition |
| Type≠ | Systematic search-and-detection process | Structured future-construction process |
| Seminal source≠ | Sutherland, W. J., & Woodroof, H. J. (2009). The need for environmental horizon scanning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(10), 523-527. DOI ↗ | Schoemaker, P. J. H. (1995). Scenario planning: a tool for strategic thinking. Sloan Management Review, 36(2), 25-40. link ↗ |
| Aliases | Environmental scanning, Weak-signal detection, Emerging-issues analysis | Scenario planning, Intuitive-logics scenarios, Scenario building |
| Related | 4 | 4 |
| Summary≠ | Horizon scanning is the systematic examination of information to detect early signs of potentially important developments—weak signals, emerging issues, and wild cards—before they become obvious or fully formed. By surveying a wide range of sources at the edge of current attention, it gives decision-makers advance warning of opportunities and threats and supplies the raw material for foresight, scenario building, and anticipatory policy. | The scenario method constructs a small set of internally consistent, plausible stories about how the future might unfold, built from the key driving forces and critical uncertainties facing a decision. Rather than forecasting one expected future, it deliberately develops several contrasting futures so that strategies can be tested against a range of possibilities and decision-makers can rehearse responses to what might otherwise be surprises. |
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