forward-looking adj. Planning for the future; concerned primarily with the future; contrasted with conern for the immediate present or reacting to past events. backward-looking
... one of the forward-looking Institutes, and stunt night, crowded with most excellent fooling, produced two or three creditable and thought-provoking performances. One of them deserves remembering for its own sake. Besides, it is a ... — John Wesley, Jr. - The Story of an Experiment • Dan B. Brummitt