Foresight at Stanford
Stanford's Foresight initiative investigates the practice of foresight and best practices for vision-led innovation.
Our Focus
How do you start? Based in Silicon Valley and drawing on Stanford's legacy for educating world-changing innovators, inventors, and thinkers, foresight does not mean futuring or trend finding. Instead design foresight is about knowing where to go, about having a view of the future: a vision of knowing what to build and why. Our mission is to create leaders and teams who imagine and build with foresight across multiple innovation horizons. We invite you to join our foresight community, support and learn from our research activities, practice the methods and tools taught in our classes, and then apply your ideas and energy into world-changing impact.
Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation
Looking for practical foresight methods? Download a free PDF of our playbook (or buy a print version) as your in-house guide.
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Moonshot Mornings: June 28
Moonshot Mornings are informal forums for leaders and mavericks where we can talk and learn about the how, who, and why of game-changing ideas and other visions shaping business, new industries, and humanity overall. Join us on June 28 Friday, 8:30-10:00 AM, to explore what do visions of future growth look like.
Moonshots Boot Camp 2024
Roll up your sleeves and get hands-on in this boot camp during Stanford's Summer Session, learning how to turn bold visions into reality. Be prepared to work in small teams and apply several moonshot techniques, taught by Dr. Tamara Carleton who is a global innovation expert and lead author of the Building Moonshots book.
We were previously affiliated for multiple years with Stanford's mediaX program, which ceased formal operations on March 2022.