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Strategic Foresight Helps Indian Industry Navigate Uncertain Times

The world is changing very quickly, and surprises are happening all the time.

Big companies used to make long-term plans, but now those plans can break fast.

So companies are trying something called strategic foresight.

That means thinking about many different possible futures, like imagining different endings to a story.

That way, they are ready no matter what happens.

A man named Manoj Kothari helps companies think this way.

His company, Turian Labs, is in Pune, India.

Many big companies in India, like Tata and Samsung, are also doing this.

India is still learning how to work together on thinking about the future.

In October, Turian Labs is holding a big meeting called CrossDive to discuss these ideas.

Key facts

Core idea: Strategic foresight improves the quality of interpretation that shapes today's decisions, not prediction of the future
Quoted expert: Manoj Kothari, Founder and Chief Strategist, Turian Labs
Turian Labs: Strategic foresight, design research, and innovation consulting firm based in Pune
Early adopters: Tata Group, Aditya Birla Group, TCS, Indian automotive OEMs, Samsung, Swiggy, Hotstar
CrossDive summit: Global foresight and insight summit in Pune, October 22-23
IIT Jodhpur CTFP: Centre for Technology Foresight and Policy, established January 2020
Key drivers of uncertainty: Geopolitical realignments, AI advancing faster than institutions can adapt, changing economic assumptions, rapid technology diffusion

financialexpress.com · 2 weeks ago