Part I: Foundations of Futures Thinking
6 chapters. Why humans imagine the future, how time behaves in foresight, and the geometry of the future(s).
The book · Launch 7 January 2027
The Power of the Future(s)
Principles, concepts and tools for strategic foresight, by Paulo Soeiro de Carvalho.
Every organisation already thinks about the future, mostly by intuition. This book gives that thinking a vocabulary, a method and a discipline: from why we imagine the future at all, to the landscape of change, to Scanning, Sensing & Acting, to foresight in the age of AI.
€49, yours to keep: online on Futures.360, EPUB and PDF. VAT included. Access from 7 January 2027.
Read Chapter 1 freeSix parts, thirty-one chapters
Part II: Strategic Foresight Explained
4 chapters. What strategic foresight is, why it is not forecasting, and how anticipation becomes action.
Part III: The Landscape of Change
7 chapters. Megatrends, trends, weak signals, wildcards and the critical uncertainties that hinge the future.
Part IV: The Method: Scanning, Sensing & Acting
6 chapters. The SSA operating system, step by step: designing, scanning, sensing, scenarios and acting.
Part V: Applying Strategic Foresight
4 chapters. Foresight for strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship, and the future-ready organisation.
Part VI: Foresight in the Age of AI
4 chapters. How generative AI changes foresight, and what must stay with the human who frames, judges and decides.
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The book, €49: yours to keep online on Futures.360 with no time limit, EPUB and PDF to download, and €49 off your first year of Futures.360 Basic.
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Questions
What exactly do I get for €49?
The whole book, yours to keep: you read it online on Futures.360 with no time limit, and you can download it as EPUB and PDF. A free Futures.360 account is created with the email you buy with.
When can I read it?
On 7 January 2027, whenever you buy before then. Chapter 1 is free to read today.
I already subscribe to Futures.360. Do I need to buy it?
No. Basic, Pro and Teams include the book online while you are subscribed. Buy it if you want to keep it whatever happens to your subscription, and to have the EPUB and PDF.
Is there a print edition?
A print edition will follow. This edition is digital: online on Futures.360, EPUB and PDF.
Can I start a Futures.360 subscription later?
Yes. If you take Futures.360 Basic for a year with the same email, the €49 you paid for the book is deducted from your first annual invoice, automatically.
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