Josh Polchar

@OECD policy research and advice on strategic foresight and emerging risk | 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺 | The future is not about what's ahead, it's about what's in your head!

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

What problems are you mentally fighting?

In today's complex world, there's probably no solution, but you can still decide a way forward

Find out how in this article on #strategicforesight by @rdiazplaja and me for @NATO Review ⤵️
https://t.co/jmXZRH3QR9

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In case you missed it: how #strategicforesight can help find ways forward even in impossible uncertainty and complexity. Delighted to work on this article with @rdiazplaja, and to see it out in the world!

[NATO @NATO]

Strategic foresight is the ability to perceive, make sense of, and act on future changes as they emerge. What is the role of strategic foresight in policy planning? What can it help to achieve?

📝 Find out in this new article on #NATOReview: https://t.co/Zg7jiLkx2s

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🍲 Hungry for tips on #AI in #strategicforesight?
👩‍🍳 @ClaireKarle and I have been cooking up some experimental methods!
⏲ Instant scenarios: futures in five minutes
👀 Find out what we learned, and how you can try it out too for your next strategy meeting
https://t.co/4MHbKBc3Ns

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Scenarios in scent! My five tips for how a futurist picks a perfume:
🌪️ Make it noticeable but not overpowering
⏳ Consider the effect over time
🎁 Remember it’s about the person, not just the product
🌳 Go beyond the superficial
🍡 Try more than one
https://t.co/PSOFkhzcHQ

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

🛑 STOP
📱 SMARTPHONE
🔇 SPEAKER
👂 SOUND
🙉 POLLUTION

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“Information alone is not enough: it has to be applied to action”, says @civiccatalyst of @OPSIgov at #strategicforesight workshop for public servants in #Lithuania 🇱🇹 supported by @EU_reforms 🇪🇺

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

A chance to shape our futures: a week of #strategicforesight in Lithuania 🇱🇹 with @EU_reforms, @OPSIgov, @OECDgov, and @ITF_Forum

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🪞 In #strategicforesight we can make things as concrete as you want—but you might not like it!

🔬 Questioning cherished beliefs is uncomfortable

🌪️ Unpredictability can be unsettling

🌫️ That's why organisations seek the cover of vagueness—but they could choose not to!

[OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation @OPSIgov]

🚀Busy week at the @OECDgov Observatory✨🌐as delegates join us at the OECD HQ in Paris for insightful discussions on the future of #PublicSectorInnovation.

🗣️Measurement working group
🤝Network of national government innovators meeting
🙋#BehaviouralInsights experts gathering

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

😞 #Eurovision is over for another year, but the future is always emerging!

🤩 Where is public service media headed?

➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: https://t.co/ymOKtcMrK9

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

✨ The Grand Final of #Eurovision is TONIGHT!

🧭 We are #UnitedByMusic, but where is the future of public service media headed?

➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: https://t.co/ymOKtcMrK9

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

✨ Semi Final 2 of #Eurovision is TONIGHT!

🧭 We are #UnitedByMusic, but where is the future of public service media headed?

➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: https://t.co/ymOKtcMZzH

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

✨ Semi Final 1 of #Eurovision is TONIGHT!

🧭 We are #UnitedByMusic, but where is the future of public service media headed?

➡️ My students and I worked with @EBU_HQ to create and explore some #strategicforesight #scenarios, published by @OPSIgov: https://t.co/ymOKtcMrK9

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

🤩 The #Eurovision Song Contest is in Liverpool this week!

🧭 How have #strategicforesight and #scenarios helped the show navigate and succeed through uncertainty?

➡️ Find out in this blog on my work with @EBU_HQ, published by @OPSIgov: https://t.co/ymOKtcMrK9

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

✂️ Cut out and keep!
➡️ Your pointers to make #strategicforesight proportionate, timely, and regular
🤩 Learn more in the @OPSIgov blog by @DavidJonason and me

[OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation @OPSIgov]

#StrategicForesight doesn’t need to be a large-scale intervention. A few minutes per day can go a long way.

🪥Make the future a habit
🧩Use materials
🥅Define your minimum viable foresight
🧐Stay relevant
🏗️Be incremental

By @DavidJonason @jpolchar ⤵️
https://t.co/7wqyplh73U

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

✂️ Cut out and keep!
➡️ Your pointers to make #strategicforesight proportionate, timely, and regular
🤩 Learn more in the @OPSIgov blog by @DavidJonason and me

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

“The value of the future of data society #scenarios lies in understanding the potential opportunities and taking action now”—@johannavallistu, #strategicforesight expert from Estonia

At EU-funded training in Ireland, supported by @EU_reforms 🇮🇪🇪🇺

[Josh Polchar @jpolchar]

🇮🇪🇪🇺 Demonstrating the potential value of #strategicforesight for Ireland

Scenarios on the future of #dataflows by @OPSIgov, part of EU-funded upgrade project supported by @EU_reforms

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🔭 The future is not what’s ahead,
🧠 It’s what’s in your head!
🇪🇺 EU-funded #strategicforesight demo workshop in Ireland by @OPSIgov, supported by @EU_reforms