Futures wheel
Origin: Lat. futūrus, rota
A way of organizing thinking and questioning about the future -- a type of structured brainstorming. The name of a trend or event is written in the middle of a piece of paper, then small spokes are drawn wheel-like from the center. Primary impacts of consequences are written at the end of each spoke. Next, the secondary impacts of each primary impact form a second ring of the wheel. This ripple effect continues until a useful picture of the implications of the event or trend is clear. It is an instrument for graphical visualization of direct and indirect future consequences of a particular change or development.
Spanish: Rueda de futuros.
Sources and references
- Glenn, Jerome “Genius Forecasting, Intuition and Vision”, Futures Research Methodology V.3 The Millennium Projectcited 5 times
- Jackson, Michael “Foresight Glossary”; http://www.shapingtomorrow.com/media-centre/pf-ch11.pdfcited 31 times
- Foresight Education and Research Network, “Glossary of Future Terms.” FERNweb.orgcited 2 times
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