Learn to how to bring futures thinking into strategy
In the course, we upskill our course participants with a structured process for understanding dynamics of change and planning for alternative scenarios, essentially to enrich and enhance the context within which strategy is developed and executed. The course is built around maximum engagement and actionable, hands-on learning, with the right blend between relevant theory and tangible strategic foresight tools for your professional work. Our course facilitators bring their knowledge and expertise from working daily with strategic foresight and futures-oriented issues.
Who is this for?
The course is a popular choice for decision-makers, innovation managers, strategic planners, business developers, designers, and people who want to get a head-start working strategically with the future.
Understanding Foresight Fundamentals: You will gain a solid foundation in futures thinking and foresight practices, including hands-on experience with key tools from the CIFS approach to applied strategic foresight.
Exploring Change and Building Futures Scenarios: You will gain the ability to make sense of change and uncertainty, and frame robust futures scenarios with strategic relevance – instead of only extrapolating current trends.
Cultivating a Futures Mindset: You will build confidence in futures thinking while gaining a deeper awareness of how our understanding of the future shapes decisions today, empowering you to see beyond existing systems and thinking patterns.
Connecting Foresight to Strategic Purpose: You will learn how to understand strategic implications of alternative futures and how to connect foresight to strategic purpose, enabling you to translate foresight outcomes into strategic action.
Building Community: The opportunity to build knowledge and community by networking and exchanging experiences and ideas with like-minded business professionals from other organisations and industries.
Why sign up?
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Foresight Consultant
"As a self funded investment, it was important for me to get the most value out of it - and I really did. You delivered a great balance of information, education, tools, anecdotes, energy and group dynamic. The attendees were a great mix and it was clear that your preparation of materials, content and templates was on point."
Director of Innovation
"Taking this course was an unbeatable choice. It pushed forward my skills for providing clear and structured alternatives that can put my company towards a more future-ready position."
Engagement Manager
"The course on applied strategic foresight was an exceptional experience, working through a 'real' case gave me directly applicable insights, that I can use in my work tomorrow."
Course Modules
Using the Future - Become familiar with how to “use the future” through strategic foresight, and why the capability to develop insights about future alternatives to guide strategic thinking has never been more important.
Exploring dynamics of change - Learn the process of exploring dynamics of change as the “bedrock”-practice of strategic foresight, e.g. by applying the Futures Triangle as an explorative tool.
Discovering key strategic uncertainties - Learn how to identify and make sense of the uncertainties that matter the most by understanding the degree of uncertainty surrounding impactful strategic issues.
Building futures scenarios - Learn how to frame and develop robust alternative futures scenarios and discover alternative futures perspectives that have relevance for decision-making.
Transitioning from foresight to strategy - Learn how to understand the strategic implications of alternative futures and how to transition into futures-informed strategic decision-making.
Format
The course takes place over two full days at DIG, Toronto - 390 Bay St. suite 2901, Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2, Canada
The course consists of a mixture of presentation and hands-on workshop activities facilitated by CIFS advisors/futurists with years of global experience. Throughout, we will contextualise and discuss what we have learned.
Seats are limited to secure close interaction and feedback in the group.
Course includes
Live instruction and facilitation by CIFS advisors/futurists
Immersion into CIFS' approach to applied strategic foresight
Proprietary CIFS futures studies and strategic foresight toolkit
Course material (provided prior to course) and presenter slides
LinkedIn certificate of course completion badge
Free 1-year personal Futures Membership of CIFS (not including shipping costs on FARSIGHT outside of Denmark)
Networking opportunities with like-minded business professionals
Light breakfast, lunch, and refreshments on each course day
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