Foresight Readiness Assessment for Saudi Organizations

Foresight has been used by organization as a strategy to support decision makers in situations that involve long lead times, such as long-term labor market planning, education and training for skills development and anticipation. The objective of this paper is to assess the readiness of Saudi organizations to adopt and practice foresight methods in their strategies to achieve the strategic goals set in the National Vision 2030. Following a literature review on foresight studies worldwide, a survey questionnaire was designed, tested and administered online to organizations in government, private and academic institutions. The responses from 221 respondents will be analyzed and discussed in the paper. The results show a relatively high degree of readiness of Saudi organizations to adopt foresight methods as means to achieve their strategic objective and to be ready for future scenarios that will be dictated by the technological transformations brought by the new trend of Industry 4.0 and the economic and social transformations planned in the 2030 vision.