Futures Thinking
This intensive 3-day course provides a comprehensive introduction to futures thinking methodologies. Through interactive workshops, real-world case studies, and hands-on activities, participants will master an end-to-end strategic foresight process. They will learn how to scan the horizon for trends and signals, imagine alternative futures, and develop plans to activate their preferred vision of the future. Participants will gain a future-focused mindset to enhance strategic agility in volatile times
Last updated 1/2025
English / Arabic
What you'll learn
- Understanding of Futures Thinking
- Recognizing the Importance of Futures Thinking
- Mastery of the Futures Thinking Framework
- Skills in Framing, Scanning, and Forecasting
- Proficiency in Visioning and Planning
- Execution and Acting Towards Desired Future
- Holistic Conclusion and Adaptability
Course Outline
Participants will learn foundational concepts and terminology of futures thinking through interactive lectures and discussions. A case study on a company that successfully adopted futures thinking will illustrate its benefits
Through real-world examples and group exercises, participants will examine various applications of futures thinking across domains. Case studies of governments and corporations using foresight will demonstrate its utility.
Participants will get an overview of the end-to-end futures thinking framework. They will work in teams on a simulation exercise to practice key framework stages including framing and scenario development.
By analyzing a case study, participants will practice framing a strategic challenge, clarifying decisions, and determining time horizons. They will identify key driving forces shaping the future in their own industry. /p>
Through an interactive scanning workshop, participants will learn techniques to monitor trends, detect weak signals, and gather data about emerging issues in their external environment.
Participants will develop scenarios exploring plausible futures for a given industry. They will craft vision statements for their preferred scenario aligned to organizational.
Using a case study, participants will gain hands-on experience with backcasting to translate strategic foresight into concrete plans and prototypes.
Through a simulation exercise, participants will address real-world challenges in embedding futures thinking in their organization’s culture and processes.
Participants will learn about innovations in futures thinking methodologies and AI-enabled foresight tools. The instructor will facilitate discussions about the future of the field.
1. Obstacles to FUTURES THINKING 2. The way forward 3. Design Thinking vis a vis Futures Thinking 4. Innovation using FUTURES THINKING 5. Final Thoughts
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