Anticipatory intelligence involves

Anticipatory intelligence involves collecting and analyzing information to identify new, emerging trends, changing conditions, and undervalued developments, which challenge long-standing assumptions and encourage new perspectives, as well as identify new opportunities and warn of threats to U.S. interests. Anticipatory intelligence usually leverages a cross-disciplinary approach, and often utilizes specialized tradecraft to identify emerging issues from “weak signals,” cope with high degrees of uncertainty, and consider alternative futures.