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    Building Tomorrow: Innovation Meets Strategic Foresight

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    Lena and Eli explore how to shift from reactive thinking to proactive future-building, combining strategic foresight tools with systematic innovation approaches to create lasting competitive advantage.

    Building Tomorrow: Innovation Meets Strategic Foresight

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    The future isn't something that just happens to us—we actively shape it through our choices and actions today. Instead of projecting forward from where we are now, start by envisioning where you want to be in ten years and work backward.

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    Lead from the Future
    Portfolio Life
    The Strategic Foresight Book - IFRC Solferino Academy
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    https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/foresight-toolkit-for-resilient-public-policy_bcdd9304-en.html
    Ten Types of Innovation
    An Innovation Culture That Gets Results
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    Topic Introduction & Source Material Setup

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