Tags: Social dynamics, Epistemology, Change management, Economic change, Forward planning, Technology, Innovation, Creating alternatives, Deepening, Mapping

The purpose of this paper is to present a new approach to the study of the future. The paper describes six foundational concepts (the used future, the disowned future, alternative futures, alignment, models of social change, and uses of the future), six questions (will, fear, missing, alternatives, wish, and next steps as related to the future) and six pillars (mapping, anticipating, timing, deepening, creating alternatives, and transforming), giving examples and case studies where appropriate.

Six pillars - futures thinking for transforming Foresight vol 10 issue 1 2008.pdf