I have just started a new series are Prepare with Foresight about what strategic foresight is and how it can be applied to contingency planning and disaster preparedness.

What is the most important tool in your survival kit? Is it the tins of food, the can opener, the gun, the bullets, the gas lamp? Your most important tool for surviving a disaster is the same as for thriving in a safe, modern world: your brain. However, that tool is only as useful as the whetstone with which you sharpen it. The full name of this website is ‘Prepared with Foresight’, but to date, most of the posts have been about preparation and less about foresight. So, let me introduce you to the most important tool in my own mental toolbox, strategic foresight.

Read the rest at Using Strategic Foresight in Disaster Preparedness

Published by dddraeger

Aiglatson Foresight & Strategy is led by Dennis Draeger. Dennis is a strategic futurist with over 15 years’ experience in business start-up, management, and consulting. Operating out of New Zealand, he has helped clients all around the world think more strategically about the future.

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