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What is Foresight?

Foresight is a critical activity that involves analyzing the future. The objective of conducting foresight activities is to examine plausible, alternative futures and identify the challenges and opportunities that may arise. Foresight gives us the opportunity to understand the various forces that shape a system, how the system may evolve and what unanticipated circumstances may come about. Within the context of the Public Service, foresight helps governments adjust to a quickly changing world. It can be applied to policy development, strategic planning, decision-making, auditing and evaluating as a mechanism to promote proactive governance.

Foresight is not to be confused with forecasting. Forecasting refers to the process of trying to predict the future using past data; whereas foresight helps us prepare for a wider range of futures.

Read our introduction to foresight document.

A Glimpse Ahead: Exploring the Future of the Public Workforce at ESDC Report

The Human Resources Innovation Strategic Foresight Team, in partnership with Policy Horizons Canada, are very excited to announce our Strategic Foresight Report: A Glimpse Ahead: Exploring the Future of the Public Workforce at ESDC.

Over the last ten months, HRI and Horizons developed research and facilitated several workshops with staff from across the Employment and Social Development Canada to explore the future of work within the department. Specifically, we discussed forces disrupting some of the ways we work and what that could mean for the future of ESDC and the public service at large in the coming years.

• A Glimpse Ahead: Exploring the Future of the Public Workforce at ESDC
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Please feel free to [out] if you have any additional questions or interests regarding the report. And, super major thank you to Policy Horizons Canada for their assistance during this process.    

Scan club

Scan Club is a forum where we present and discuss weak signals discovered during an environment scan (articles, documentaries,etc.). A weak signal is an indicator of a potentially emerging disruption that may become significant in the future. During the session, the analyst first presents the weak signal. Then, ask for questions and considerations. Finally, we push the weak signals out to the future to flag the potential changes this signal could bring to the world if it became significant. Contact us at EDSC.InnovationRH-HRInnovation.ESDC@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca for more information.

Date	Topic	Weak Signals	Outputs (insights and implications)
October 21st 2021	The Future of Productivity	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Productivity October2021.pdf	File:EN Oct 2021-Future of Productivity.pdf
December 2nd 2021	The Future of Languages	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Languages December2021.pdf	File:EN Dec 2021-Future Of Languages.pdf
February 9th 2022	The Future of the Mental Health	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Mental Health February2022.pdf	File:EN Feb 2022-Future Of Mental Health.pdf
March 24th 2022	The Future of the Diversity and Inclusion	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Diversity and Inclusion March2022.pdf	File:EN Mar 2022-Future Of Diversity and Inclusion.pdf
April 21st 2022	The Future of the Workplace	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Workplace April2022.pdf	File:EN April 2022-Future Of Workplaces.pdf
June 7th 2022	The Future of the Workforce	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Workforce June2022.pdf	File:EN June 2022-Future Of the Workforce.pdf
July 7th 2022	The Future of Accessibility	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Accessibility July2022.pdf
August 10th 2022	The Future of Recruitment	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Recruitment August 2022.pdf	File:EN August 2022-Future Of Recruitment.pdf
September 7th 2022	The Future of Leadership	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Leadership Sept2022.pdf
October 6th 2022	The Future of Skills & Development	File:ScanClub WeakSignals Skills and Development Oct2022.pdf
November 9th 2022	The Future of Employee Experience
December 7th 2022	TBD