Building Foresight Capacity: Toward a Foresight Competency Model

@article{Hines2017BuildingFC,
  title={Building Foresight Capacity: Toward a Foresight Competency Model},
  author={Andy Hines and Jay E. Gary and Cornelia Daheim and Luke van der Laan},
  journal={World Futures Review},
  year={2017},
  volume={9},
  pages={123 - 141}
}
This article introduces the Foresight Competency Model, which addresses the basic question of what one ought to be able to do as a professional futurist. It describes how other fields have used competency models to define what their professionals do, documents how the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) developed this model, explains the interrelated features of the model, and suggests ways that organizations can use the model to enhance the foresight capacity of their talent. 
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