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Game Changing Innovations: The Foresight Approach

Game Changing Innovations: The Foresight Approach. Axel Meisen , CM, PhD, PEng, FCAE, FCIC Chair of Foresight , Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures Edmonton, AB February 24, 2011. Foresight.

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Game Changing Innovations: The Foresight Approach

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  1. Game Changing Innovations:The Foresight Approach Axel Meisen, CM, PhD, PEng, FCAE, FCIC Chair of Foresight , Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures Edmonton, AB February 24, 2011

  2. Foresight Foresight is the process of developing a range of views of possible ways in which the future could develop and understanding these sufficiently well to be able to decide what decisions can be taken today to create the best possible tomorrow. Luke van der Laan, University of Southern Queensland, AustraliaThe Imperative of Strategic Foresight to Strategic Thinking.Journal of Future Studies August 2008, 13(1): p.27

  3. Principal Foresight Methods • Expert Panels • Delphi surveys • Scenario Creation • Forums • Gaming • ……… Plus others

  4. Forums Jasper Innovation Forum 2010 Focal question in 2010:How can the health of Canadians be improved within a single generation?

  5. Principal Forces on Health Finances Demographics Behaviour Scientific Advances Data and Intelligence

  6. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances Year 2010 $ millions Year

  7. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances Year 2020 $ millions Year

  8. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances Year 2030 $ millions Year

  9. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances Year 2040 $ millions Year

  10. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances Year 2050 $ millions Year

  11. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances Year 2010 Year 2040 Year 2050 Year 2030

  12. Game Changer #1: Demographics and Finances $ millions Year

  13. Game Changer #2 Community Action ‘Good Health Centres’

  14. Game Changer #2: Community Action Labelling

  15. Game Changer #2: Community Action Radio Frequency Identification (RFDI) Smart Labelling

  16. Game Changer #2: Community Action Smart Labelling

  17. Game Changer #2: Community Action Smart Labelling and Information

  18. Game Changer #2: Community Action Regulations (Example: Salt)

  19. Game Changer #3: Experiential Learning Individualized projections

  20. Game Changer #3: Experiential Learning Virtual Reality

  21. Game Changer #4: ‘Expert Systems’ Diagnosis Implanted heart monitor Femoral artery blood pressure sensor Lab on a chip

  22. Game Changer #4: ‘Expert Systems’ Diagnosis

  23. Game Changer #4: ‘Expert Systems’ Diagnosis

  24. Game Changer #4: ‘Expert Systems’ Treatment Minimum Change disease Anonymous specific comparisons

  25. Game Changer #4: ‘Expert Systems’ Treatment

  26. Conclusions • Foresight provides major insights into future possibilities, thereby providing a sound basis for taking action now. • Some Game Changers: • Implications of demographics • Community action, e.g. centres, labelling, regulations • Experiential learning to affect behaviour • Expert systems

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