TY - JOUR AB - Purpose–This paper aims to describe three major difficulties with dealing with the future.Design/methodology/approach–The paper is an essay with limited use of literature.Findings–Looking to the future is difficult due to cognitive, social, business problems.Research limitations/implications–No empirical research was conducted.Practical implications–Suggests that more practical training in futures research and testing ideas and plans against future trends is required.Originality/value–The paper provides a broad view on difficulties of dealing with the future. VL - 10 IS - 5 SN - 1463-6689 DO - 10.1108/14636680810918504 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680810918504 AU - van der Duin Patrick PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - The difficult future T2 - Foresight PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 50 EP - 59 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -