Delivered using the Playbook on Strategic Foresight, developed by the Digital Transformation Lab as a core component of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance for Digital Development, ITU's foresight methodology supports ITU Members in accelerating digital transformation, fostering innovation, and aligning national development agendas with future-looking insights.
ITU employs a structured but customisable foresight methodology that combines systems thinking, design thinking, and futures thinking to help stakeholders navigate uncertainties and accelerate digital transformation.
While the process of developing a Strategic Foresight Brief provides a valuable capacity-building opportunity for stakeholders, the resulting Brief serves as a key tool for helping countries and organisations anticipate future challenges, identify emerging opportunities, and develop forward-looking strategies that drive innovation and resilience in an increasingly complex world.
ITU's Strategic Foresight methodology is grounded in collaboration and co-creation, ensuring that insights evolve dynamically while staying aligned with national, regional, and global digital transformation goals.
This ecosystem-driven approach supports stakeholders by:
• Analysing technological, socio-economic, and environmental drivers of change to identify emerging disruptions and opportunities, helping stakeholders anticipate key shifts.
• Exploring a range of plausible future pathways to enhance preparedness and inform adaptive decision-making.
• Developing future-ready strategies that enable long-term adaptability in a rapidly evolving landscape.
