Horizon Scanning
Horizon scanning is a future-oriented observation method that gathers signals from the present to build plausible or provocative narratives about what might happen next.
'Methodologies such as trend analysis, horizon scanning, scenario planning, and speculative design are, in essence, forms of observation oriented towards understanding and interrogating potential future contexts', involving 'systematically gathering and interpreting signals from the present to construct plausible, possible, or provocative narratives about what might lie ahead' (Ch12 §126).
Related in Community
Entries this one is tied to through the book.
Books and references
- Making Futures: Innovation, Design and Democracy · discussed together in section 126
Methods
- Forecasting · discussed together in section 126
- Iterative Design · discussed together in section 126
- Participatory Action Research · discussed together in section 126
- Scenario Planning · discussed together in section 126
- Speculative Design · discussed together in section 126
- Trend Analysis / Historical Trend Analysis · discussed together in section 126
In the Framework
- Observations Component
In the book
- Chapter 12, section 126 · The Influence of Time on the Observations Component
Mentioned in
Methods