you said “foresight”?

“Prospective”, futurology, future studies, foresight…

“Prospectivist”, futurist, consultant…

Engineering and design department, advisers firm, research center or institute, training organisation…

Superabundance —and often inadequacy— of the words to describe what is our job indicates both the complexity of our task, the difficulty in communicating that we feel and the ignorance spread outside of this field.

Hence the need for bringing a maximum of clarification.