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Revision with unchanged content. To this point in time humanity has successfully responded to the challenges to its existence. A viewpoint is becoming widespread is that humanity will have to respond to even greater challenges to its existence in the future. The innate human capacity for foresight has played a pivotal role in responding to past challenges, however, a more extensive form of foresight will need to be developed to respond to these future challenges. This study generates an original theory of how foresight develops in individuals and how a social foresight capacity can emerge also. The theory argues that foresight capacities develop through the expansion of individual consciousness, particularly the individual´s sense of ´self´. The theory is derived from the work of a number of psychological researchers including Jane Loevinger, Lawrence Kohlberg, Clare Graves, Susan Cook-Greuter and Ken Wilber. The book is addressed towards professionals in Foresight, Futures Studies, Leadership and Coaching.

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Lecturer in Strategic Foresight, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.

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