“The challenge is not that we must find ways to “know” the future,

rather we need to find ways to live and act with not knowing the future.”

(R. Miller, 2011)

In this section you will find the most relevant outputs of the beFORE project from its start in January 2017. We hope you find them interesting and helpful in your journey towards becoming a future oriented professional or entrepreneur!

Type of contents you will find below: beFORE Publications, Dissemination reports and other beFORE promotional materials, Case studies, Educational Offer Information and other Relevant Publications.

beFORE Publications. Main results of the different activities carried out in the project are presented here; from the identification of the competences linked to a future oriented individual (“The Quest for the Competences of a Future-Oriented Individual”), to the analysis of needs identified by academics, students and entrepreneurs in relation to these competences when managing future oriented tasks (“Future-Oriented Individuals: Lessons Learned from a Competence Survey”).

Dissemination reports and other beFORE promotional materials. These materials give an overview of the dissemination activities carried out through the whole project; workshops organized, articles and news published… Additionally, you will be able to print the beFORE leaflet, calendar and poster from here.

Case Studies. A case studies database of best business foresight practices from several sectors has been created as part of the 1st work package of the project (“State of the Art”).  Each case study identifies the scope of the foresight practices and the core foresight and innovation/entrepreneurship competences in relation to knowledge, skills and social competences that a future-oriented manager should possess. These cases are distributed according to the size of the business (small/large).

Educational offer. This subsection presents the best education practices (educational offer) available currently at global level, as part of the 1st work package of the project (“State of the Art”). Each education practice/offer identifies the basic facts about the practice (country, field and type of study…), along with the core foresight and innovation/entrepreneurship competences in relation to knowledge, skills and social competences that a future-oriented manager should possess. These best practices are divided according to the type of educational offer: Bachelor, Course, Master, PhD, Postgraduate, Training.

The Art of Foresight

The Art of Foresight

Professional Certificate in Foresight

Professional Certificate in Foresight

Minor in entrepreneurship and innovation

Minor in entrepreneurship and innovation

Futurism and Business: Dealing with Complexity

Futurism and Business: Dealing with Complexity

Futures Thinking and Strategy Development

Futures Thinking and Strategy Development

Design Your Future

Design Your Future

Managing the Future

Managing the Future

Change Perspective and see more

Change Perspective and see more

Agile Project Management

Agile Project Management

The Doctor of Strategic Leadership

The Doctor of Strategic Leadership

Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Political Science

Political Science

Master of Design Strategy and Innovation

Master of Design Strategy and Innovation

Master of Business Management

Master of Business Management

Embracing Complexity & Innovation

Embracing Complexity & Innovation

Entrepreneurship and Team leadership

Entrepreneurship and Team leadership

Cultures of Prediction

Cultures of Prediction

Alternative Futures

Alternative Futures

Strategic Innovation and Future Creation

Strategic Innovation and Future Creation

Brand and Product Strategy – Foresight

Brand and Product Strategy – Foresight

Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Services Technology Foresight

Services Technology Foresight

Regional Foresight

Regional Foresight

Operational and Strategic Management

Operational and Strategic Management

Management – Leadership

Management – Leadership

Managing Organizational Change

Managing Organizational Change

Innovation Management

Innovation Management

Industrial Organisation and Strategy

Industrial Organisation and Strategy

Futures 1

Futures 1

Futures Studies

Futures Studies

Foresight and Strategic Analysis

Foresight and Strategic Analysis

Entrepreneurship UOH

Entrepreneurship UOH

Entrepreneurship Babson Colleage

Entrepreneurship Babson Colleage

Entrepreneurship development

Entrepreneurship development

Bachelor Degree of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation

Bachelor Degree of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation

Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies

Postgraduate Diploma in Futures Studies

Cynefin 101

Cynefin 101

Demand Planning

Demand Planning

Complexity, Cynefin and Agile Masterclass

Complexity, Cynefin and Agile Masterclass

Strategic foresight workshop

Strategic foresight workshop

International Certified Future Strategist Programme

International Certified Future Strategist Programme

Risk Management

Risk Management

Innovation Manager

Innovation Manager

Foresight Tools

Foresight Tools

City management

City management

Corporate Entrepreneurship training

Corporate Entrepreneurship training

Introduction to foresight

Introduction to foresight

Anticipating Your Next Battle

Anticipating Your Next Battle

Managing innovations and creating new business models

Managing innovations and creating new business models

Mastering strategic foresight uncertainty

Mastering strategic foresight uncertainty

Strategic planning strategic foresight

Strategic planning strategic foresight

Leadership On Top Program leadership

Leadership On Top Program leadership

Future scenarios future studies

Future scenarios future studies

Emerging trends uncertainty foresight

Emerging trends uncertainty foresight

Creating your vision Future Studies

Creating your vision Future Studies

Other relevant publications. This subsection includes individual analyses of the most relevant publications resultant from the cross-literature review carried out in the field of foresight and entrepreneurship as part of the 1st work package of the project (“State of the Art”). Different types of publications have been included; key books in the field and other printed works on foresight and entrepreneurship (popular-scientific studies), as well as peer review articles coming from leading journals. Each individual analysis includes basic facts about the publication (authors, year of publication, keyworkds…) identifying at the same time the core foresight and innovation/entrepreneurship competences in relation to knowledge, skills and social competences that a future-oriented manager should possess and the existing convergences among futures studies, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Entrepreneurial Resources, Organizational Choices, and Competitive Outcomes

Entrepreneurial Resources, Organizational Choices, and Competitive Outcomes

A Competency-based perspective on entrepreneurship education

A Competency-based perspective on entrepreneurship education

Education For Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Education For Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Entrepreneurial Competencies

Entrepreneurial Competencies

Entrepreneurship’s requisite areas of development

Entrepreneurship’s requisite areas of development

Toward the Age of Neo-Entrepreneurs

Toward the Age of Neo-Entrepreneurs

New cross-proposal entrepreneurship and innovation in educational programs

New cross-proposal entrepreneurship and innovation in educational programs

Entrepreneurial mentality and culture of entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial mentality and culture of entrepreneurship

Bringing Political Skill into Social Networks

Bringing Political Skill into Social Networks

The Power of Unreasonable People

The Power of Unreasonable People

Sustainable Leadership

Sustainable Leadership

The Lean Entrepreneur

The Lean Entrepreneur

The futures of futures: a scenario salon

The futures of futures: a scenario salon

Foresight Maturity Model

Foresight Maturity Model

Corporate foresight and innovation management

Corporate foresight and innovation management

A foresight toolkit for smart specialization and entrepreneurial discovery

A foresight toolkit for smart specialization and entrepreneurial discovery

Standards and quality criteria of Futures Studies

Standards and quality criteria of Futures Studies

The future of foresight professionals: Results from a global Delphi study

The future of foresight professionals: Results from a global Delphi study

Pathways for Foresight Careers

Pathways for Foresight Careers

Foresight styles assessment: a valid and reliable measure of dimensions of foresight competence?

Foresight styles assessment: a valid and reliable measure of dimensions of foresight competence?

Strategic Foresight as an Instrument of Creating the Vision of Organization’s Future

Strategic Foresight as an Instrument of Creating the Vision of Organization’s Future

An introduction to threshold concepts

An introduction to threshold concepts

Creating innovators The making of Young People Who Will Change the World

Creating innovators The making of Young People Who Will Change the World

Algorithm of decision making procedure in enterprises innovative activity

Algorithm of decision making procedure in enterprises innovative activity

Empowering entrepreneurship through foresight and innovation

Empowering entrepreneurship through foresight and innovation

Disentangling competences: Interrelationships on creativity,innovation and entrepreneurship

Disentangling competences: Interrelationships on creativity,innovation and entrepreneurship

The Innovator´s DNA: mastering the five skills of Disruptive Innovators

The Innovator´s DNA: mastering the five skills of Disruptive Innovators

How Aha! Really Happens

How Aha! Really Happens

The Innovator’s way: essential Practices for successful Innovation

The Innovator’s way: essential Practices for successful Innovation

Education for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development

Future Think: How to think clearly in a time of change

Future Think: How to think clearly in a time of change

What skills will leaders need in the future

What skills will leaders need in the future

Six pillars: futures thinking for transforming

Six pillars: futures thinking for transforming

Foundations of Futures Studies

Foundations of Futures Studies

How To Use a Futurist

How To Use a Futurist

Fit between future thinking and future orientation on creative imagination

Fit between future thinking and future orientation on creative imagination

A Future for Futures Studies

A Future for Futures Studies

Foresight Applications to Improve Innovativeness

Foresight Applications to Improve Innovativeness

Foresight within corporations

Foresight within corporations

From Forecasting to Foresight Processes

From Forecasting to Foresight Processes

Learning through Foresight

Learning through Foresight

Sectoral innovation system foresight in practice

Sectoral innovation system foresight in practice

When Passion Fades

When Passion Fades

How to become and excellent entrepreneur

How to become and excellent entrepreneur

Upgrading leadership’s crystal ball

Upgrading leadership’s crystal ball

Service economy, knowledge, and the need for T-shaped innovators

Service economy, knowledge, and the need for T-shaped innovators

Project co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union.

beFORE is a Knowledge Alliance Project (575842-EPP- 1-2016- 1-PL- EPPKA2-KA). This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This website reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.