Weak Signals and Wild Cards - Innovative Methods of Anticipation

The article presents a relatively new and innovative research methods in the Polish science environment, i.e. "weak signals" and "wild card" as a creative methods of anticipating an some aspects of uncertain future. There is made general characteristics of the concepts of these methods. These methods are analyzed in the context of the idea of foresight as well as its research methodology. Despite the absence of codified rules for the application of weak signals and wild cards methods, the author also presents own example of the process of identifying weak signals and the wild card, drawing on experience gained in the European project iKnow