Chapter 1: Introduction
Our Emerging Foresight Field


Preface
Testimonials
Acknowledgments
How to Read The Foresight Guide
I. Introduction
What is Foresight?
Why Think About The Future?
Two Qs & 4 Goals of Foresight
What is the Foresight Field?
Futurists and Foresighters
Foresight Professional: Def.
Four Domains of Foresight
Six Ps of Strategic Foresight
8 Skills Adapt.Foresight:DoLoop
Twenty Specialty Practices
The 80/20 and 95/5 Rules
History Matters! Historical FA
Foresight Matters! ProgressLost
A Vision of Foresight Culture
II. Key Personal Practice Challngs
1. Being Explicit, Quant & Sci
2. Valuing Probabilistic Foresight
3. Seeing Hard and Soft Trends
4. Making Critical Judgments
5. Telling the Four Story Genres
6. Creating Good Progress Stories
7. Optimism, Pessimism, Realism
8. Building Strong Relationships
Foresight’s Great Myth
Foresight’s Open Secret
Do Loop: 8 Skills of Practice
Proof Points: 4 Foresight Skills
How Large is Our Community?
What Do We Call Ourselves?
Foresight Training Options
Foresight Certifications
Foresight Courses
Primary Foresight Associations
Foresight Networks and Jobs