There’s an ongoing debate among Futurists of whether science fiction is a useful foresight tool or not. Some fellow futurist argue that today’s’ populist science fiction is all doom gloom, dystopian, blowing up the world and technology running amok, others, including me, see it a.

When signals like Science Fiction is innovation’s inspiration emerge, organisations that engage early have the advantage of choosing their response rather than reacting to events. That gap between those who prepared and those who did not is where competitive positioning is actually made or lost.

The most important question is not whether Science Fiction is innovation’s inspiration will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.