The Future Foresight Book of Knowledge (FFBOK) – A Foundation Guide – is meant to be used as a reference guide for Future Foresight and includes references to literature, proven widely applied practices and emerging trends. We trust that this Body of Knowledge will enable you to prepare for the future more critically, avoid the trap of past routines, preconceptions, or wishful thinking, and move forward more confidently. It was designed as a tool to help individuals and teams make a difference in their organizations.

ALVA R&C works with organizations to create plausible and strategy-relevant futures – and act upon them. The focus is on Foresight, Scenarios, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainability.
The authors:
• António Alvarenga (Founder & Executive Director – ALVA R&C; LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonioalvarenga/)
• Pedro Viana (Foresight & Strategy Consultant – ALVA R&C; LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedromanuelviana/)
• Artur Furtado (Invited Expert – ALVA R&C and Strategic Foresight Network – European Commission; LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arturfurtado/)

“Foresight is all about acknowledging and addressing uncertainty to make better decisions.” (António Alvarenga) This is a path for those to whom foresight means anticipation, not a prediction; scenarios, not unidimensional views of the future; mutatis mutandis, not ceteris paribus; innovation, not business-as-usual.