Blogs
Collaborative foresight is growing up – but what does it actually mean?
by Jaakko Paasi
– Over the last decade, “collaborative foresight” has quietly become a frequently used concept in futures research and practice. Across technology roadmapping, participatory scenario processes, open corporate foresight, and anticipatory governance, collaboration is everywhere. But as the concept becomes more popular, its meaning has become increasingly blurred.
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Market shaping and the potential of collaborative foresight
by Sini Nordberg-Davies
– For a long time, markets have been treated as something outside the firm: a relatively stable, predictable environment, where the firm adapts to existing conditions and reacts to changes coming from the outside. Research and practice now challenge this thinking.
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Ecosystem orchestration: balancing “open to all” with an invitation-only club
by Katri Valkokari
– Many ecosystems describe themselves as “open”, but a closer look often tells a different story. Membership criteria are often implicit, participation is uneven, and access to information or decision-making tends to concentrate in a small inner circle. That does not make an ecosystem “bad”; it makes it human.
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Partner spotlight: FIBRES joins FORECO to explore collaborative foresight across ecosystems
by Panu Kause & Anna Grabtchak
– Foresight has outgrown the workshop room. As organisations operate in increasingly interconnected ecosystems, the challenge is no longer only how one company understands change, but how multiple actors can observe, interpret, and act on it together. In this context, collaborative foresight is moving from an idea to a practical capability.
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Expanding the business horizon through foresight in ecosystems
by Jaakko Paasi & Katri Valkokari
– Collaborative foresight in ecosystems is a powerful tool that enhances innovation, reduces uncertainty, and supports strategic decision-making through effective knowledge sharing and interorganisational collaboration. Today, ecosystems are using collaborative foresight mostly to create technology roadmaps to support planning within the ecosystem. Foresight in ecosystems, however, could go beyond that.
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