🎙️ Welcome to Think Forward Show Episode 115: Futures Research Methods 🔮🧠

I’m Steve Fisher, your guide on this futurist journey, and in this episode, we continue our Being a Futurist series by diving into one of the most essential aspects of foresight: Futures Research. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just beginning your futures journey, this episode will help sharpen your research skills and open your mind to new possibilities.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

•What Futures Research really is: exploring what could happen, what should happen, and what we need to prepare for.

•The power of qualitative methods like the Delphi Technique, Scenario Planning, and Backcasting.

•The role of quantitative methods like Trend Extrapolation and Cross-Impact Analysis.

•How participatory methods like Futures Workshops and Design Fiction make futures work more inclusive and engaging.

•The future of futures research—AI-powered foresight and more participatory, inclusive methods.

Explore a range of tools that futurists use to make sense of tomorrow and start thinking systematically about what’s ahead!

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Let’s shape the future together—start scanning today! #ThinkForwardShow #Foresight #EnvironmentalScanning #FutureOfWork #Innovation

🔗 Steve’s Site: www.stevenfisher.io

🔗 Episode List (Lite Version): https://lnkd.in/eAVcg6X4

Thank you for joining me on this ongoing journey into the future. Until next time, stay curious, and always think forward.

🎧 Listen here:

Think Forward Show (Light Version): https://lnkd.in/eVBVJRCB

Think Forward Show: www.thinkforwardshow.com

🔗 Steve’s Site: www.stevenfisher.io

🔗 Episode List (Lite Version): https://lnkd.in/eAVcg6X4

Thank you for joining me on this ongoing journey into the future. Until next time, stay curious, and always think forward.