Stance
A concept in strategic foresight and anticipatory governance
How an institution chooses to act under uncertainty. A bet commits to the most likely future. A hedge protects against a future it hopes to avoid. A robust choice works across all scenarios. A core-and-satellite approach holds the core steady while testing new ideas at the edges.
Background
Stance draws on strategy work about acting under uncertainty, which separates commitments that pay off in one future from moves that make sense in all of them. Naming the stance makes the level of risk in a decision visible.
A question it raises
Is this a bet, a hedge or a robust choice, and do we know which?
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