@article{hosni2025thinking,
  title = {Thinking The Future in the Plural:  Multiculturalism And the Co-Construction  Of Shared Visions in Strategic Foresight},
  author = {Faten HOSNI},
  year = 2025,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JOMS/2025/507705/},
  journal = {Journal of Organizational Management Studies},
  volume = 2025,
  pages = 10,
  doi = 10.5171/2025.507705,
  abstract = {In an increasingly volatile and interconnected world, organizations must navigate complex environments shaped by cultural diversity. This study explores how multicultural dynamics can act as a lever to improve strategic foresight processes by enhancing the quality of anticipation, scenario-building, and collective visioning. Despite the growing importance of both foresight and intercultural management, existing literature rarely connects these fields in a systematic way.
To address this gap, the paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining insights from organizational studies, intercultural communication, and future research. The methodology is qualitative and based on thematic and lexical analysis of interviews conducted with professionals involved in foresight processes within culturally diverse teams. Interviews were conducted primarily in French and translated into English, with attention to preserving cross-cultural nuances.
Findings suggest that multicultural teams contribute to richer foresight outcomes by introducing diverse mental models, reframing weak signals, and promoting inclusive decision-making under uncertainty. Moreover, culturally diverse groups appear better equipped to co-construct resilient and adaptive future narratives. These results highlight the need to incorporate intercultural intelligence into strategic foresight practices and raise critical questions for future research.
This paper contributes to both theory and practice by proposing a framework for “thinking the future in the plural,” positioning multiculturalism not as a constraint but as a strategic asset in navigating complexity.},
  keywords = {Multiculturalism, strategic foresight, collective intelligence, future thinking, organizational complexity.},
  note = Article ID: 507705
}