We can use future thinking in a variety of ways to give us some foresight and plan accordingly. It can be used to identify problems or opportunities that may arise and allow us to mitigate or exploit them. Future thinking can be used in the development of:
Products
Services
Businesses
Policies
Career development
Team leadership
Any area where some form of insight into what could happen, and to help steer actions can benefit from some form of future thinking.
At university, future thinking is a useful tool that can be used to help you plan or spot problems and opportunities in your studies and careers. You can use it to:
Identify cutting-edge topics to study for assignments
Identify possible future careers
Map potential outcomes of actions
Help with planning assignments/semesters
References
Kahneman, D. (2012) Thinking, fast and slow. London: Penguin.