Chapter 12: Visions and Challenges
Priorities for Professionals


I. Big Foresight: Visions of Emerging Practice
Acceleration and Evo Devo Aware
Evidence-Based and Scientific
Digital
Data-Rich
Probabilistic
Collaborative
Open
Global
Popular
II. Key Community Practice Challenges
Seeing Acceleration and Development
Building Better Models and Definitions
Grounding and Validating Our Scholarship
Professionalizing and Continuing Our Training
Collaborating on Digital Foresight Platforms
Marketing Our Ever-Growing Value to Clients
III. Common Practice Biases and Mistakes
Bias Against Personal Foresight
Bias Against Probable Foresight
Extremism Bias
Hype Bias
Drama Bias
Clear View Bias
Elitism Bias
Monotrend Extrapolation Errors (MEEs)
Underspecified Model Mistakes (UMMs)
Clairvoyant Futurist
Soothsaying Futurist
Prosperity Futurist
Dogmatic Futurist
Utopian Futurist
Dystopian Futurist
Postmodernist Futurist
Scriptural Futurist
V. Reaching for Better Foresight with Our Clients
Responsible Spiritual Foresight
Life is Amazing; Spread the Word!