Samenvatting

This opinion chapter discusses the advantages of foresight under a systemic macrocognitive approach for the safe and effective deployment of technological innovations in aviation. Although microcognitive studies aid the understanding of interfaces between innovative systems and their users, this chapter posits that there is a need to address the broader information-driven environment that emerges in organizations through the innovation-driven change process. The chapter argues that a deep understanding of knowledge structures and organizational cognition may aid identifying the prerequisites for the safe preparedness of aviation organizations and their sucessful deployment of innovative systems. Following the critical tenets of the systemic paradigm and naturalistic decision-making, a systemic mapping is presented that extends to higher levels of analysis, complementing the microcognitive approaches.