“We need a systematic focus on future generations in our decision-making processes and to improve our strategic foresight and risk analysis.” says António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
This January, our Foresight and Prediction Specialist Kristiana Nitisa attended the Applied Strategic Foresight - Bringing Futures Thinking into Strategy course organised by Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. The training focused on understanding dynamics of change and planning for alternative scenarios, essentially to enrich and enhance the context within which strategy is developed and executed.
For ONN working at the intersection of security, diplomacy and global governance, integrating foresight is not a luxury. It is a necessity. Systematic futures thinking enables us to move beyond reactive approaches and instead anticipate nuclear risks, navigate uncertainty and make more informed decisions today for the benefit of tomorrow.
Sincere thank you to the course organisers and especially to Karoline Sofie Lee and Patrick Henry Gallen for facilitating such an engaging hands-on learning, with the right blend between relevant theory and tangible strategic foresight tools. We look forward to continuing to embed strategic foresight into our ongoing work on nuclear risk reduction!
