Prof. Dr. Jan Oliver Schwarz


Room: I202
Subject Area: Strategic Foresight and Trend Analysis

Research


  • Strategic Foresight
  • Trends and weak singals
  • Scenario Planning and Business Wargaming
  • Design Thinking
  • Strategy and cultural products / Science-Fiction

Vita


Professional Career

  • since WiSe 2021: Professor of Strategic Foresight and Trend Analysis an der THI
  • 2019 - 2021: Professor of Strategic Management and Leadership, ESB Business School, Reutlingen University
  • 2015- 2019: Professor General Management, Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Design Department
  • 2015 - 2016: Decision Strategies International, Inc., London & Munich, Associate Principal
  • 2010 - 2015: Allianz SE, Munich, Strategy Consultant

 

Educational Background

  • Universität der Künste Berlin, PhD, Management, Foresight
  • Stellenbosch Business School, MPhil, Futures Studies
  • Universität Witten/Herdecke, Dipl. Oec., Management
     

Publications

2023

Schwarz , Jan Oliver ; Wach , Bernhard ; Rohrbeck , René
How to anchor design thinking in the future
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 1873-6378 pdfhttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-haw/files/3613/1-s2.0-S0016328723000411-main.pdf
Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Strategic Foresight
Publisher : Routledge
Publisher place : London
ISBN: 9781003302735

2022

Schwarz , Jan Oliver ; Wach , Bernhard
The usage of cultural products in design thinking
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Publisher place : London
ISSN: 1460-6925

2021

Schwarz , Jan Oliver
From alternative pictures of the future to an organizational intervention
Publisher : Wiley
Publisher place : Hoboken
ISSN: 2573-5152 pdfhttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-haw/files/1894/FuturesForesightScience-2021-Schwarz.pdf
Oriesek , Daniel F. ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Winning the Uncertainty Game
Publisher : PM World Inc.
Publisher place : Dallas (TX)
ISSN: 2330-4480
ISBN: 978-0-367-85359-4

2020

Schwarz , Jan Oliver ; Rohrbeck , René ; Wach , Bernhard
Corporate foresight as a microfoundation of dynamic capabilities
Publisher : Wiley
Publisher place : Hoboken
ISSN: 2573-5152
Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Revisiting Scenario Planning and Business Wargaming from an Open Strategy Perspective
Publisher : Sage Publishing
Publisher place : Thousand Oaks (CA)
ISSN: 2169-2793 pdfhttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-haw/files/1896/1946756720953182.pdf
Eller , Eric ; Hofmann , Rupert ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
The Customer Foresight Territory
Publisher : Universität St. Gallen
Publisher place : St. Gallen

2019

Schwarz , Jan Oliver ; Ram , Camelia ; Rohrbeck , René
Combining scenario planning and business wargaming to better anticipate future competitive dynamics
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 1873-6378 pdfhttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-haw/files/4193/1-s2.0-S0016328718300545-main.pdf
Gordon , Adam ; Rohrbeck , René ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Escaping the ‘Faster Horses’ Trap: Bridging Strategic Foresight and Design-Based Innovation
Publisher : Talent First Network
Publisher place : Ottawa
ISSN: 1927-0321 pdfhttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-haw/files/4191/Bridging_Strategic_Foresight.pdf

2016

Müller , Adrian W. ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Assessing the functions and dimensions of visualizations in foresight
Publisher : Emerald
Publisher place : Leeds
ISSN: 1463-6689

2014

Schwarz , Jan Oliver
The ‘Narrative Turn’ in developing foresight
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 0040-1625

2013

Schwarz , Jan Oliver ; Liebl , Franz
Cultural products and their implications for business models: Why science fiction needs socio-cultural fiction
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 0016-3287
Schwarz , Jan Oliver ; Kroehl , Rixa ; von der Gracht , Heiko A.
Novels and novelty in trend research — Using novels to perceive weak signals and transfer frames of reference
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 1873-5509
von Groddeck , Victoria ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Perceiving megatrends as empty signifiers: A discourse-theoretical interpretation of trend management
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 0016-3287
Rohrbeck , René ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
The value contribution of strategic foresight
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 0040-1625

2011

Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Ex ante strategy evaluation: the case for business wargaming
Publisher : Emerald
Publisher place : Leeds
ISSN: 1751-5637

2009

Oriesek , Daniel F. ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Business Wargaming
Publisher : Gabler
Publisher place : Wiesbaden
ISBN: 978-3-8349-1879-6
Liebl , Franz ; Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Normality of the future: Trend diagnosis for strategic foresight
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 0016-3287

2007

Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Assessing the future of futures studies in management
Publisher : Elsevier
Publisher place : Amsterdam
ISSN: 0016-3287

2005

Schwarz , Jan Oliver
Pitfalls in implementing a strategic early warning system
Publisher : Emerald
Publisher place : Leeds
ISSN: 1463-6689