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Indicator

A concept in strategic foresight and anticipatory governance

Evidence a board agrees to watch after it decides. A good indicator carries a return trigger: a point at which the board will revisit the decision.

Background

Scenario planners sometimes call indicators signposts. They are chosen in advance so that a group can tell which future is beginning to unfold. Tying an indicator to a return trigger turns a one-time decision into one that is checked over time.

A question it raises

What would tell us we were wrong, and when would we look again?