The Scanning Process

Techniques

There are multiple ways to see beyond today and to generate fresh questions, stories, and narrative: 

• Bookmark sources 
• Become a newsletter junkie 
• Experience a service 
• Go beyond your immediate interests 
• Look for new inventions 
• Look outside your industry 
• Maintain an idea log 
• Network with forward thinkers 
• Pick a time frame 
• Revisit the past 
• Scan the scanners 
• Set up a futures panel 
• Take a global perspective 
• Vary your routine 
• Search patents, new books, etc. 
• Conduct a bibliographic search