@jpolchar

@OECD policy research and advice on strategic foresight and emerging risk | 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺 | The future is not about what's ahead, it's about what's in your head!

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What problems are you mentally fighting? In today's complex world, there's probably no solution, but you can still decide a way forward Find out how in this article on #strategicforesight by @rdiazplaja and me for @NATO Review ⤵️ nato.int/docu/review/article…
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In case you missed it: how #strategicforesight can help find ways forward even in impossible uncertainty and complexity. Delighted to work on this article with @rdiazplaja, and to see it out in the world!
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Strategic foresight is the ability to perceive, make sense of, and act on future changes as they emerge. What is the role of strategic foresight in policy planning? What can it help to achieve? 📝 Find out in this new article on #NATOReview: nato.int/docu/review/article…
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🍲 Hungry for tips on #AI in #strategicforesight? 👩‍🍳 @ClaireKarle and I have been cooking up some experimental methods! ⏲ Instant scenarios: futures in five minutes 👀 Find out what we learned, and how you can try it out too for your next strategy meeting oecd-opsi.org/blog/instant-s…

Instant Scenarios: How to fast-forward your foresight and skip straight to strategy - Observatory...

When I was young, my parents resisted getting a microwave oven, believing it would encourage us to eat unhealthy and poor-quality food. It wasn’t until years later, when a friend actually bought them...

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Scenarios in scent! My five tips for how a futurist picks a perfume: 🌪️ Make it noticeable but not overpowering ⏳ Consider the effect over time 🎁 Remember it’s about the person, not just the product 🌳 Go beyond the superficial 🍡 Try more than one linkedin.com/pulse/scenarios…

How to Find your Future’s Fragrance

I’m a keen collector of fine fragrance, with a collection spanning genres, geographies, and generations. At this year’s Dubai Future Forum at the Museum of the Future, I was curious to discover an...

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🛑 STOP 📱 SMARTPHONE 🔇 SPEAKER 👂 SOUND 🙉 POLLUTION
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“Information alone is not enough: it has to be applied to action”, says @civiccatalyst of @OPSIgov at #strategicforesight workshop for public servants in #Lithuania 🇱🇹 supported by @EU_reforms 🇪🇺
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A chance to shape our futures: a week of #strategicforesight in Lithuania 🇱🇹 with @EU_reforms, @OPSIgov, @OECDgov, and @ITF_Forum
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🪞 In #strategicforesight we can make things as concrete as you want—but you might not like it! 🔬 Questioning cherished beliefs is uncomfortable 🌪️ Unpredictability can be unsettling 🌫️ That's why organisations seek the cover of vagueness—but they could choose not to!
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🚀Busy week at the @OECDgov Observatory✨🌐as delegates join us at the OECD HQ in Paris for insightful discussions on the future of #PublicSectorInnovation. 🗣️Measurement working group 🤝Network of national government innovators meeting 🙋#BehaviouralInsights experts gathering
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😞 #Eurovision is over for another year, but the future is always emerging! 🤩 Where is public service media headed? ➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: oecd-opsi.org/blog/futures-l…

Futures LIVE - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

The future of public service media is uncertain. Four scenarios help to navigate personal AI streaming, geopolitical rivalry, and pandemic aftereffects.

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✨ The Grand Final of #Eurovision is TONIGHT! 🧭 We are #UnitedByMusic, but where is the future of public service media headed? ➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: oecd-opsi.org/blog/futures-l…

Futures LIVE - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

The future of public service media is uncertain. Four scenarios help to navigate personal AI streaming, geopolitical rivalry, and pandemic aftereffects.

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✨ Semi Final 2 of #Eurovision is TONIGHT! 🧭 We are #UnitedByMusic, but where is the future of public service media headed? ➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: oecd-opsi.org/blog/futures-l…
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✨ Semi Final 1 of #Eurovision is TONIGHT! 🧭 We are #UnitedByMusic, but where is the future of public service media headed? ➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: oecd-opsi.org/blog/futures-l…

Futures LIVE - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

The future of public service media is uncertain. Four scenarios help to navigate personal AI streaming, geopolitical rivalry, and pandemic aftereffects.

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🤩 The #Eurovision Song Contest is in Liverpool this week! 🧭 How have #strategicforesight and #scenarios helped the show navigate and succeed through uncertainty? ➡️ Find out in this blog on my work with @EBU_HQ, published by @OPSIgov: oecd-opsi.org/blog/futures-l…

Futures LIVE - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

The future of public service media is uncertain. Four scenarios help to navigate personal AI streaming, geopolitical rivalry, and pandemic aftereffects.

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✂️ Cut out and keep! ➡️ Your pointers to make #strategicforesight proportionate, timely, and regular 🤩 Learn more in the @OPSIgov blog by @DavidJonason and me
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#StrategicForesight doesn’t need to be a large-scale intervention. A few minutes per day can go a long way. 🪥Make the future a habit 🧩Use materials 🥅Define your minimum viable foresight 🧐Stay relevant 🏗️Be incremental By @DavidJonason @jpolchar ⤵️ oecd-opsi.org/blog/foresight…

Strategic Foresight: A little goes a long way - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

Strategic foresight and innovation policy analysts Josh Polchar and David Jonason discuss what is really needed to make foresight adequate, proportionate, and regular.  Strategic foresight experts...

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✂️ Cut out and keep! ➡️ Your pointers to make #strategicforesight proportionate, timely, and regular 🤩 Learn more in the @OPSIgov blog by @DavidJonason and me
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“The value of the future of data society #scenarios lies in understanding the potential opportunities and taking action now”—@johannavallistu, #strategicforesight expert from Estonia At EU-funded training in Ireland, supported by @EU_reforms 🇮🇪🇪🇺
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🇮🇪🇪🇺 Demonstrating the potential value of #strategicforesight for Ireland Scenarios on the future of #dataflows by @OPSIgov, part of EU-funded upgrade project supported by @EU_reforms
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🔭 The future is not what’s ahead, 🧠 It’s what’s in your head! 🇪🇺 EU-funded #strategicforesight demo workshop in Ireland by @OPSIgov, supported by @EU_reforms
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