Learn Forecasting: How Can You Get Your Own Crystal Ball?

This article will help you better understand how futurists come up with forecasts; the challenges that come with crafting those; and resources that you can use right now to become a futurist yourself and get your very own “crystal ball”! On a more serious note, by understanding or even using the same methods that futurists do, anyone can distinguish hype from the actual trends that deserve attention because it might soon become a necessary skill. More science, less crystal ball Even though futurists often describe abstract concepts such as “computer-telecommunications hook-ups” (an early forecasting of online communication), they base their analyzes on actual science. “Futures Studies” is the science in question, and universities even teach it at Master’s level.  As a branch of social sciences, Futures Studies is comparable to its sister branch, Archeology. Archeologists uncover past history to better understand societies and human activity, and how it led to where we are now. Futurists do the same but in the opposite direction. We spend our time thinking about the future, analyzing trends and building potential scenarios that could be useful today. To do so, we employ several well-known methods such as scenario analysis for analyzing the future and possible outcomes. Source: https://www.salesforce.com/ Unfortunately, we don’t own the DeLorean from Back to the Future to fetch data from or even see the future. Hence, the task of futurists is...
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