- How do I define the scope of the vision?
- What is the result?
- Vision creation - a collective process or not?
- How do I assemble an arena group?
- What criteria should a chairperson meet?
- Is an arena group a permanent group?
- How long does it take to build a vision?
- What support is needed for a transition?
- What should I be particularly aware of as policymaker?
- What background information should I collect?
- What can go wrong in a collective vision creation process?
- Does participation mean commitment?
- What methods are there for creating a vision?
What background information should I collect?
Besides technical information for a transition programme, gather:
- information about shortcomings in existing practices that underscore the urgency of system innovation
- information about networks of actors
- information about general social developments and important events. Some trends might confirm the importance and urgency of major reform; others could have the opposite effect
- information about regime obstacles and success factors of previous and related change initiatives. These are obstacles and success factors relating to power relations, rules, routines, knowledge gaps, etc.
Use:
- Integrated system analyses to assemble and analyse information about a complex problem. Methods that can be used include causal loop diagrams, SCENE, narrative analysis, socio-technical problem analysis, collective system analysis
- Actor or network analyses (also known as stakeholder analyses) to identify the major stakeholders, their interests and the interactions between them insofar as they relevant for opportunities and/or problems. See, for example, the methods of Actor, network or stakeholder analysis, DEED, the and Cognitive model and Interpretive frame approach
- Trend analyses, which describe developments that may occur in the future and which could influence the nature and scale of problems and/or opportunities. Such trends can be discovered by means of a literature study or by conducting interviews, for example.
- Historical analyses
- When a vision is created in a collective process, the participants with their various academic and practical backgrounds are also an important source of relevant knowledge.
Examples
- Biodiversity Hoeksche Waard, vision creation
- Energy Transition Programme: Vision creation and vision