Beginning shortly, Strategic Futures International will publish , a newsletter for clients, colleagues, and new friends around the world. Its purpose will be to share ideas about applied futures research within the strategic futures context--including not just what is news, but reflections by SFI staff on past developments and on problems and prospects that appear worth attention as we move toward the Third Millennium.

Among topics planned for early issues of : The first detailed discussion of the Focused Planning Effort (FPE) process, a type of small-group activity used successfully in many applications by SFI principals over the last 25 years but little known in the field A no-nonsense discussion of the different types of scenarios--what they are, how they are constructed, what purposes they serve The "Good Historians' 100 Most Important Books on the Future" Comments on "re-engineering the strategic management process" by SFI's Managing Partner in the UK, Trevor Hunwicks, who coined this apt phrase Highly critical reviews of certain widely discussed books, such as Mintzberg's Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Description of SFI's forthcoming "Index of the Future," a periodic indicator-based survey of professional judgment on the directions of change An update of a classic paper by Wayne Boucher, SFI's Managing Partner, on how to get started in serious futures research And other things, including, of course, announcements of new SFI projects, services, and products.

will be published in hardcopy only, at least initially. Subscriptions are complimentary.

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