Suggestions for conceptual integration
| Future-oriented concept(s) | Related IMP concepts | Advancement offered |
|---|---|---|
| Futures images “Futures images refers to ‘snapshots’ of possible futures .…[and] represent probable, possible, or preferable futures based on individual beliefs, expectations, opinions, values, hopes, and fears and taking account of development and change” (Jokinen et al., 2022, pp. 2–3) “Images of the future are mental models about the future … [they] are systemic by nature: they are formed from knowledge and flavoured with imagination” (Rubin, 2013, p. 40) | Network picture “Network pictures are managers’ subjective mental representations of their relevant business environment” (Henneberg et al., 2006, p. 408) and a basis for actor’s perceptions, actions, and reactions (Ford et al., 2003) Network picturing “Network picturing refers to the ‘managerial process’ i.e. the specifics about how managers use their understanding of the network to prepare, evaluate, and make strategizing decisions” (Abrahamsen et al., 2016, p. 108) | Temporal From managers’ presently held perceptions of their business network to exploring alternative images of probable, possible or preferred network futures Contextual From network pictures held by individuals to images of network futures shared by a network of actors |
| Visioning “Visioning refers to a view of foresight as the creation of the future through action” (Cunha et al., 2006, p. 948) Visioning refers to the process of developing “a vision as the more or less explicit claim or expression of a future that is idealised in order to mobilise present potential to move into the direction of this future” (Van der Helm, 2009, p. 100) | Network visioning Network visioning “is about creating a vision of the network and its potential evolution in order to identify strategic development opportunities; it involves both the actor's perception of the network and the attempts to identify the set of potential relationships” (Laari-Salmela et al., 2015, p. 125) “A cognitive process where the manager takes an explorative … view of future changes related to the surrounding network and emerging strategic opportunities” (Abrahamsen et al., 2023, p. 10) | Temporal Extending perspective to visioning by conceiving it as an organizational practice or process, which mobilizes action toward the desired future Contextual From an individual actor visioning future network change to collective, company-level visioning. Extends managers’ visioning to take notice of relevant business environmental trends, change forces and events |
| Foresight capability Foresight is the “ability to create and maintain a high-quality, coherent and functional forward view and to use the insights arising in organizationally useful ways; for example: … to explore new markets” (Slaughter, 1997, p. 287) Foresight capability … facilitates individuals’ and organizations’ ability to sense changes, risks, and opportunities, enabling the firm to learn about its changing business environment (Rhisiart et al., 2015) | Network visioning capability “… sense-making delineates a firm’s visioning capability and shapes its capacity for agenda construction and network influencing and mobilization” (Möller, 2010, p. 366) The framing or visioning capability refers to “the ability to form an architectural understanding of the emerging field based on exposure and generative learning.” (Möller and Svahn, 2009, p. 456). It refers to cognitive capacity … and involves mental flexibility to reframe when the need arises” (ibid. p. 454) | Temporal From learning at the early stages of innovation to continuous learning from various anticipatory activities and environmental change Contextual From visioning emergent innovation nets and development paths for radical innovation to anticipating change in all types of networks |
| Networked foresight Collaborative (networked) foresight refers to joint constructive foresight activities conducted in a group in an organizational setting (Jokinen et al., 2022) Networked foresight is “conducted in innovation networks for the benefit of the network and its partners with active contributions from the partners” (Heger and Boman, 2015, p. 147) | Network insight “Developing network insight is a managerial challenge encompassing the amalgamation of dispersed pieces of atomized network pictures through heedful, multilateral interactions.” (Mouzas et al., 2008, pp. 167–168) Network foresight “The process of interacting on, and possibly amalgamating, managers’ pictures of and expectations to future networks of relevance to the networks in which they are presently engaged” (Andersen et al., 2017, p. 63) | Temporal From a business actor’s present network pictures to collective intentional building of future network images Contextual From expectations built over time in business interaction to strategic network collaboration |
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