Systems thinking

English polymath (1773-1829)

study of possible, probable, and preferable social, technological and political futures

political and economic think tank

managing a company's responses to external issues, aiming to provide overall organizational direction and objectives, as well as policies and plans for implementation

structured forecasting and consensus method

manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious or attainable using only traditional step-by-step logic

based on systems theory (broadly applicable concepts and principles, as opposed to concepts and principles applicable to one domain of knowledge; distinguishes, dynamic or active systems and static or passive systems)

media that aims to teach viewers academic and social concepts

degree of suitability of software for the intended purpose, including functional quality and structural quality

the process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats and significant disruption of business operations

Ekistics is a futurist conceptual framework for the maximal development of human settlements. Coined in 1942 by Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, ekistics was developed in response to rapid modern urbanization. The framework identifies five key elements of human settlement - nature, humans, society, shells (buildings), and networks - as well as a scale of 'ekistics units', delineated roughly in orders of magnitude of population. The framework's goal is to maximize all five elements for a given settlement at each of ekistics unit. Doxiadis advocated for the framework to be the foundation of a fi

type of organization

metaphor for creative thinking that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective

Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is future studies or futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future and how they can emerge from the present, whether that of human society in particular or of life on Earth in general.

early stage product design and development technique

international research organization in Austria

Sensemaking or sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences. It has been defined as "the ongoing retrospective development of plausible images that rationalize what people are doing" (Weick, Sutcliffe, & Obstfeld, 2005, p. 409). The concept was introduced to organizational studies by Karl E. Weick in the late 1960's and has affected both theory and practice. Weick intended to encourage a shift away from the traditional focus of organization theorists on decision-making and towards the processes that constitute the meaning of the decisions that are en

a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long-term plan for decision makers

Singularitarianism is a movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium future, and that deliberate action ought to be taken to ensure that the singularity benefits humans.

identity regarding anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions

concept in risk management wherein the planner, in planning for potential disasters, considers the most severe possible outcome that can reasonably be projected to occur in a given situation

postulated history of the future and is used by authors in the subgenre of speculative fiction

systems thinking heuristic

UNESCO: Futures Forecasting Decision Support Systems Thinking

British futurist