Alessandro Fergnani, PhD
Associate Professor
EXPERTISE
Strategic foresight & scenario planning; innovation & entrepreneurship; strategy
Research Interests
Strategy; Eastern Asian philosophies applied to strategy and management
Alessandro Fergnani, PhD
Associate Professor
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- PhD in Management and Organization, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Master of Social Science in Futures Studies, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Bachelor of Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) of Business Administration, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Rabat Business School, Rabat, Morocco
- Foresight Executive Workshop, Facilitator, Executive MBA, Catolica Porto Business School
- Scenario Planning Workshops Facilitator (Futures of Education), NUS Business School External Relations, Executive Education
- Scenario Planning Workshops Facilitator (Futures of Education), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Executive Education
- Scenario Planning Workshops Facilitator, University of Pisa, Department of Management Engineering
- Scenario Planning & Scenario Exploration System Workshops Facilitator, Resilience League 2021, Parnu, Estonia, Executive Education
- Corporate Foresight Workshops Facilitator, The NUS Executive MBA, With Song Zhaoli, NUS Business School, Executive Education
- Scenarios to Strategy Workshops Facilitator, Pulte Institute for Global Development, University of Notre Dame, Executive Education
- Scenario Planning and Futures Triangle 2.0 Workshops Facilitator, Electronic Science and Technology University of China (Chengdu), School of Management and Economics
- Scenario Exploration System Workshops Facilitator, Aalto Executive Summit, Aalto Executive Education Academy, Singapore, Executive Education
- Scenario Planning Workshops Facilitator, Tel Aviv University, Department of East Asian Studies, Executive Education
- Science Mapping and Futures Methods Workshops Facilitator, Peking University, Department of Psychology
- Scenario Planning Workshops Assistant, The NUS Executive MBA, With Clement Wang, NUS Business School, Executive Education
- Transformational Leadership and Future Vision Coach, The NUS Executive MBA, With Michael Frese, NUS Business School, Executive Education
- Foresight consultant, Ideactio CFRC, Singapore
- Head of Foresight, Forwardto, Italy
- Scientific Consultant, Futures & Foresight, Forwardto, Italy
- Research Fellow, Torino World Affair Institute, Italy
- Scenario Planning Consultant, Shaping Tomorrow, UK
- Scenario Planning Consultant, Strelka KB, Russia
- Corporate Foresight Consultant, Autodesk, USA
- Futures of Work Foresight Consultant, Kedge Futures, USA
- Business Intelligence Advisor, SquareTrade, London
- Business Development Consultant, Keyi Business Consulting, Shanghai, Hong Kong
AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS, AND HONORS
- Fetzer MSR Scholarship, Academy of Management
- Covid19 Financial Support, National University of Singapore
- Honorary Research Fellowship, Strathclyde Business School
- President’s Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore
- Graduate Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore
- First Prize, The University You Want for 2050 Writing Contest 2017, Tamkang University Taiwan
- Honorable Mention, Innovative Future Writing Contest 2016, Tamkang University, Taiwan
- Outstanding International Student Scholarship, Tamkang University, Taiwan
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
- Marciano, C., Fergnani, A., & Robiati, A. (2024). Mission-oriented scenarios: A new method for urban foresight. Foresight, 26(2), 351–364. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-06-2023-0119
- Fergnani, A., & Cooper, B. (2023). Metamodern futures: Prescriptions for metamodern foresight. Futures, 149, 103135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103135
- Fergnani, A. (2022). Corporate foresight: A new frontier for strategy and management. Academy of Management Perspectives, 36(2), 820–844. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2018.0178
- Choo, E., & Fergnani, A. (2022). The adoption and institutionalization of governmental foresight practices in Singapore. Foresight, 24(1), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-10-2020-0103
- Fergnani, A. (2022). Corporate foresight: Real or ideal? Academy of Management Perspectives, 36(2), 851–856. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2021.0049
- Fergnani, A., & Song, Z. (2020). The six scenario archetypes framework: A systematic investigation of science fiction films set in the future. Futures, 124, 102645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2020.102645
- Fergnani, A. (2020). Futures triangle 2.0: Integrating the Futures Triangle with scenario planning. Foresight, 22(2), 178–188. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-10-2019-0092
- Fergnani, A. (2019). The future persona: A futures method to let your scenarios come to life. Foresight, 21(4), 445–466. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-10-2018-0086
- Fergnani, A. (2019). Mapping futures studies scholarship from 1968 to present: A bibliometric review of thematic clusters, research trends, and research gaps. Futures, 105, 104–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.09.007
- Fergnani, A. (2019). Scenario archetypes of the futures of capitalism: The conflict between the psychological attachment to capitalism and the prospect of its dissolution. Futures, 105, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.06.006
BOOK CHAPTER
- Fergnani, A. (2020). Mapping fifty years of futures studies scholarship (1968–2017). In R. Slaughter & A. Hines (Eds.), The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020 (pp. 24–47). Association of Professional Futurists & Foresight International.
OTHER INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Op-Ed
- Fergnani, A. (2024). Why peak uncertainty is a myth. Farsight. https://farsight.cifs.dk/why-peak-uncertainty-is-a-myth/
- Fergnani, A., & Woeffray, O. (2023). Why corporate foresight matters according to research. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/strategic-foresight-research-insights/
- Fergnani, A. (2023). Why public intellectuals promote an overly simplistic future. Farsight. https://farsight.cifs.dk/the-overly-simplistic-future-of-public-intellectuals/
- Fergnani, A., Hines, A., Lanteri, A., & Esposito, M. (2020). Corporate foresight in an ever-turbulent era. The European Business Review, September–October issue. https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/corporate-foresight-in-an-ever-turbulent-era/
