Futures and Foresight: A New Leadership Skill for Healthcare Design

The term “futurist” is beginning to make its way into the healthcare design industry. Over the last year, many are looking to the futures and foresight discipline to plan and strategize in the healthcare design and construction industry. These conversations are converging around new care delivery models and emerging technologies, such as virtual care, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and big data. Foresight leadership is a new skill with an anticipatory approach for planning and designing for the emerging future. Emerging technologies and disruptive innovations are creating a new focus and need for skills in framing the future. With a futures lens, how can architects and designers incorporate these skills into their practice?