Why Strategic Foresight Matters More, Not Less, in the AI Era
“All great ventures begin with imagination”, at least says Tina Seelig, a prominent figure in innovation and entrepreneurship, with a background in neuroscience and a long career at Stanford University. This timeless assertion feels almost radical in an age where AI appears to promise prediction, precision, and perpetual optimization. As AI systems evolve at breathtaking speed, many practitioners and pundits question the utility of strategic foresight, arguing that the accelerating cycles of change make long-range envisioning redundant. This article argues that this view misses a crucial truth: foresight is not about forecasting the future, but about cultivating the human imagination and agency that make new futures possible. And it is precisely this imaginative capacity that entrepreneurship activates.
