Corporate Foresight: Anticipating the Future

ISBN-13: 9780367736347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 238 str.

Alberto F. de Toni; Roberto Siagri; Cinzia Battistella

Opis

This book illustrates how to anticipate the future using more than the traditional predictive models (forecasting) based on the forward projection of past experiences, and moving into more advanced methods of anticipation logic (foresight) to build probable scenarios based on weak signals, emerging trends, coexisting presents and potential paths

Spis treści

Introduction
PART I: Anticipating the future
1 The future is increasingly unpredictable, near and singular
2 Innovation shapes the future
3 Responding to complexity
4 Anticipating the future
PART II: Organizing and managing corporate foresight
5 Corporate foresight
6 The first pillar of corporate foresight: Organization
7 The second pillar of corporate foresight: Management
8 The “Future Coverage” Approach
PART III: Foresight in Eurotech SpA 
9 Trends in the ICT sector
10 Foresight in Eurotech: Organizational aspects
11 Foresight in Eurotech: Managerial aspects
PART IV: Art reveals the future 
12 Conclusion

O autorze

Alberto F. De Toni is Rector and Professor of Operations Management and Management of Complex Systems at the University of Udine, Italy. He is also General Secretary of the CRUI (Conference of Italian University Rectors).

Roberto Siagri is President and CEO of Eurotech SpA, Italy, of which he was a founder.

Cinzia Battistella is an Associate Professor of Management Engineering at the University of Siena, Italy.