New Technology Foresight, Forecasting & Assessment Methods

Technology Forecasting and Foresight: pedantry or disciplined vision?

The series constitute 'ideas in progress,' after the notion described by I.J. Good in 'The Scientist Speculates.' Good also describes ideas about ideas as 'partly baked ideas' believing that " ... it is often better to be stimulating and wrong than boring and right. " While the papers do not take this tenet as an excuse for licence at the expense of rigour, they are exploratory and the ideas ma...

A Note on Technology Forecasting & Technology Assessment

The seriesconstitute'ideas in progress,' after the notion described byI.J. Good in 'The Scientist Speculates.' Good also describes ideas about ideas as 'partly baked ideas' believing that " ... it is often better to be stimulating and wrong than boring and right. " While the p apers do not take this tenet as an excuse for licence at the expense of rigour, they are exploratory and the ideas may ...

Foresight, Technology Assessment and Evaluation - Synergy or Disjunction?

The series constitute ‘ideas in progress,’ after the notion described by I.J. Good in ‘The Scientist Speculates.’ Good also describes ideas about ideas as ‘partly baked ideas’ believing that “ ... it is often better to be stimulating and wrong than boring and right.” While the papers do not take this tenet as an excuse for licence at the expense of rigour, they are exploratory and the ideas may...

Foresight Styles Assessment: Testing a New Tool for Consulting Futurists

Journal of Futures Studies, August 2009, 14(1): 1 26 Is there a way to gauge whether one person is more proactive than another about the future? Furthermore, could any of an individual's proactive behavior be explained by their internal disposition, or what Dian (2003) calls a person's foresight style? This paper is a response to Dian's (2009) recent paper introducing the Foresight Styles Asses...

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