Finding time for the future and overcoming future avoidance
Abstract
Purpose
To present the degree to which futurists (inadvertently perhaps) encourage future avoidance or deflection.
Design/methodology/approach
Identifies instances and examples of future deflection and avoidance attributable to the misplaced zeal of forecasters.
Findings
Proposes five strategies futurists can use to turn avoidance into acceptance.
Originality/value
To call attention to the negative impacts of forecasters and forecasts on audiences and to suggest ways to eliminate or limit such audience alienation.
Keywords
Citation
Buchen, I.H. (2005), "Finding time for the future and overcoming future avoidance", Foresight, Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680510630902
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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