PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction to Futures Thinking in Organizations
Deborah A. Schreiber
2. Organizational Capability Model for Futures Thinking
Deborah A. Schreiber
PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
3. Foresight, Organizational Policies and Management Strategies in Electric Vehicle Technology Advances at Tesla Alfred Akakpo, Evans Akwasi Gyasi, Bentil Oduro, Sunny Akpabot
4. Defending the Delta: Practices of Foresight at Dutch Infrastructure Providers Patrick van der Duin, Andreas Ligtvoet
5. Foresight as a Facilitator for Innovative Capability and Organizational Adaptability: Insights from a Family Firm in the HVAC Industry
Reimo Jahn, Hans Koller
6. The Evolving Approach to Strategic Corporate Foresight at Swiss Bank PostFinance in the Age of Digital Transformation
Marc Peter
7. Anticipating and Managing Change in Large Organization Strategic Environment: Using Foresight and Organizational Policy to Enable Futures Literate Decision Making
Anna Sacio-Symanska, Kacper Nosarzewski
8. Corporate Foresight and Roadmapping for Innovation in Russia: A Joint University Corporate Experience
Konstantin Vishnevskiy, Jonathan Calof, Dirk Meissner
PART III: GLOBALIZATION
9. Circles of Impression: External Foresight in Global Enterprises
Magnus Boman, Tobias Heger
10. Envisioning Successful Sino-Foreign Universities in 2030: Considerations for Current and Prospective Partnerships
Lee Henderson
11. Institutionalizing Futures Thinking in the Canadian Army Michael Rostek
12. Foresight Renewal: Beginning and Ending with Foresight in The Florida and Ohio Army National Guard Organizations
David Stehlik
13. Futures Thinking: Strategy Used by Trust Bank to Survive Global Economic Collapse during the Great Recession of 2008
Steven M. Walker
PART IV: WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND WELLBEING
14. Pledge toward Workforce Diversity and Organizational Wellbeing: A Case Study of Aviva Plc.
Bentil Oduro, Sunny Akpabot, Alfred Akakpo, Evans Akwasi Gyasi
15. Diverse Alternative Learning Visions 2026-2066: Transforming and Reframing the University as a Lifelong Social Design Lab
Ian Pollock, Lonny Avi Brook
16. Accelerating Diverse Leader Readiness through Foresight and Futures Thinking Tami France, Priscilla Gill
17. Disney's Workforce of the Future: From HR Initiative to Organizational Culture
Yvette Montero Salvatico, Frank Spencer
PART V: CONCLUSION
18. Final Discussions
Deborah A. Schreiber
19. Supplemental Learning Materials
Deborah A. Schreiber
About the Author: Deborah A. Schreiber is Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership at the University of La Verne, USA. Dr. Schreiber has been honored with the Charles A. Wedemeyer Award for Distinguished Scholarship for her book Distance Training: How Innovative Organizations are Using Technology to Maximize Learning and Meet Business Objectives.
Zane L. Berge is Professor and former Director of the Training Systems graduate programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. Prior to joining UMBC, Dr. Berge was founder and director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
