Making Organisations Fit to Drive Desirable Futures

20 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2019

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René Rohrbeck

EDHEC Business School

Camelia Ram

EDHEC Business School

Date Written: November 1, 2019

Abstract

In an era of relentless change, many organisations are ill-prepared to make strategic decisions and deliver at pace. Based on more than a decade of research, this paper shows that driving desirable futures requires an integrated set of practices for detecting, sensing and acting on change in a manner that is aligned to the rate of change in the environment in which the organisation operates. The ability of an organisation to create foresight, innovation and transformation (FIT) advantages makes it more prepared to drive desirable futures. The paper also shows that future FITness leads to superior firm performance in the mid-term.

Keywords: Foresight, Innovation, Transformation

JEL Classification: E17, M1, M19

Suggested Citation

Rohrbeck, René and Ram, Camelia, Making Organisations Fit to Drive Desirable Futures (November 1, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3484538 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484538

René Rohrbeck (Contact Author)

EDHEC Business School ( email )

France

HOME PAGE: http://edhec.edu

Camelia Ram

EDHEC Business School ( email )

France

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