Futurism & Strategic Foresight

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13 primes originate from Futurism & Strategic Foresight and 4 more draw from it as a secondary origin — sort the Origin column to separate them.

Prime	Origin	Subdomain	Description
Backcasting	Primary	—	Work backward from desired future.
Black Swan (High-Impact, Low-Probability Events)	Also draws from	—	High-impact unexpected events.
Causal Layered Analysis (CLA)	Primary	—	Multi-layered future analysis.
Cross-Impact Analysis	Primary	—	Interacting trends.
Delphi Method	Primary	—	Expert consensus iteration.
Environmental Scanning	Also draws from	—	Analyze external factors.
Foreseeing (Prediction)	Also draws from	—	Predict future states.
Foresight	Primary	—	Disciplined anticipation of plural possible futures to keep present action adaptive across the range of plausible outcomes.
Future Wheel	Primary	—	Map cascading consequences.
Futures Literacy	Primary	—	Capacity to think about futures.
Horizon Scanning	Primary	—	Monitor emerging trends.
Scenario Planning	Primary	—	Construct plausible futures.
STEEP/PESTLE Analysis	Primary	—	Categorize external drivers.
Three Horizons Analysis	Primary	—	Short, medium, long-term transitions.
Visioning	Also draws from	—	Define aspirational future states.
Weak Signals & Emerging Issues	Primary	—	Early indicators of change.
Wild Cards	Primary	—	Low-probability disruptions.