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Directed Fiction Defined: Directed fiction is a strategic foresight tool designed to simultaneously consider multiple plausible future...

Abstract: Alternate Futures are compared using the foresight technique of Directed Fiction. Directed Fiction seeks to blend the foresight...

Appendix A. Appendix A to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a continuation of the current economic status quo, big...

Appendix B. Appendix B to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event is immanent. The emphasis is on how...

Appendix C. Appendix C to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event has already occurred. There have been...

Appendix D. Appendix D to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event or phenomenon (often man-made) has already...

Appendix E. Appendix E to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a recognizable world absent of apparent transformations,...

Appendix F. Appendix F to Alternative Futures highlights what is perhaps the greatest strength of science fiction for use as a tool for...

Abstract: Classifying fiction illuminates the future. The technique for imagining the future presented in this paper using a rapid,...

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(paid link) Debunking Preterism by Brock David Hollett: This book grew on me. My initial interest in Christian eschatology was sparked by...

One of the explicit motivations for writing my novel was to showcase some of the tools and techniques of Strategic Foresight for a...

(paid link) Future Smart by James Canton: Increasing velocity and complexity define the world, and you’d better figure out how to deal...

(paid link) Futuring - The Exploration of the Future by Edward Cornish: This is a book I really love. Edward Cornish is the president of...

(paid link) Future Savvy by Adam Gordon: Before we delve into the complex, difficult, and sometimes even dangerous world of futurism, it...

(paid link) Business Analytics by Randy Bartlett: Strategic Foresight is a lot more than just studying graphs and charts and making...

BDAC and Humanitarian Relief Operations With the rise of modernity, basic humanitarian disaster relief activities have given way to...

(paid link) Scenario Planning in Organizations by Thomas Chermack: The first rule of the Futurist is: Do not make point predictions....

SWOT Analysis Introduction This variation of the SWOT analysis differs significantly from traditional business applications which focus...

A quick visual representation of the Stress Test is possible by comparing PIRA’s six strategies to provide shelter to one million people...