A Partial History of Futures Thinking in New Zealand

Authors

  • Malcolm Menzies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v14i1.4761

Keywords:

horizon scanning, long-term planning, anticipatory governance, intergenerational governance, Futures Commission, Knowledge Wave

Abstract

Futures Thinking offers ways of addressing, even helping to shape, the future; it is not about gazing into a crystal ball. It illuminates the ways that policy, strategies and actions can promote desirable futures and help prevent those we consider undesirable. It stimulates strategic dialogue, widens our understanding of the possible, strengthens leadership, and informs decision-making (OECD, 2017)

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Published

2018-03-15

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2018): Policy Quarterly

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