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Starting an Organisational Futures Program

Using Futures Approaches: A Guide to Getting Started
How to use futures approaches in your organisation.

What's New?

I am moving the content from my University Futures site to my main business website at Thinking Futures where it will all be located in the Resources section. This will save me money and time, because I'll only have to maintain one site instead of two. Please come and visit the Thinking Futures site where you'll be able to continue to find resources to help you use futures approaches in your work.

The University Futures site will be closed down at the end of June 2008.

Maree Conway
4 June 2008

University Futures provides information and resources for educational managers and planners who want to know more about integrating futures approaches into their strategy development and planning processes.

The site focuses on university strategy and planning, but the future tools and resources are relevant for any educational institution or organisation seeking to strengthen understanding of its potential future operating environments and its possible futures.

University Futures operates as part of Thinking Futures, a collaborative futures practice that helps people to think long term and to use that thinking to build stronger strategy today.

New to Futures?

Futures Primer
An introduction to the futures field and futurists, to the concept of foresight, and to using futures approaches.

Crystal Ball Gazing or Strategic Thinking: what is this futures thing all about anyway?
A second introductory piece, providing an overview of futures work in the context of strategic thinking.

Tools and Methods

Futures Methods
An overview of the range of futures methods: input, analytical, interpretive and prospective.

An Overview of Futures Methodologies
A downloadable PDF document providing a brief outline of the different types of futures methodologies available to use in organisational strategy processes.

Trends and Drivers

Coming soon - clear analysis of major trends and drivers likely to affect education into the future.