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Training - Foresight for Business

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Training - Foresight for Business

Who is this pro training aimed at?

Leaders and other professionals involved in decision-making, planning or transformation who need to anticipate change and prepare responses in contexts of uncertainty.

The objectives of the training

  • Distinguish strategic foresight from forecasting and recognise its value in decision-making.
  • Formulate foresight questions based on specific challenges.
  • Assess signals, trends and external forces relevant to foresight questions.
  • Identify, select and explore critical uncertainties.
  • Build simple, plausible, coherent and distinct future scenarios.
  • Assess the implications of future scenarios and test different response options.
  • Define action plans for future scenarios.

The strengths of the training

  • This training focuses on applying skills in workplace situations by combining the benefits of group training with individual activities for greater effectiveness.​
  • It has a strong practical approach, with hands-on exercises to help participants apply the concepts learned. ​
  • By the end of the session, participants will design an action plan to implement strategies for strengthening their areas of growth and developing key skills.​
  • This live class is eligible for 7 PDUs in the Business Acumen area, to maintain PMP® or PgMP® certification.​

Prerequisites

None

The program of training

In a context of change and uncertainty, effective leadership requires the ability to look beyond the present. Foresight helps leaders identify emerging signals, understand trends and uncertainties, and explore different possible futures.

The aim is not to predict exactly what will happen, but to make better-informed decisions and develop more robust responses to future scenarios.

0. Pre-work

Define the foresight question

1. Explore the future to act in the present

  • “The future is already here”
  • Review the essential concepts
  • Most common foresight methodologies: Projections / Forecasts; Wargaming Simulations; Roadmaps; Backcasting; Horizon Scanning; Identifying Weak Signals and Wild Cards; Trend and Emerging Issues Analysis; Scenario Building; Delphi Method

2. Detect and interpret signals and trends

  • Assess and interpret signals
  • Relate the signals to the defined challenge
  • Scan the environment and identify trends (STEEP)
  • Identify critical uncertainties

3. Build alternative futures (scenarios)

  • Scenario Matrix
  • Test future scenarios

4. From implications to options

  • Analyse the implications of each future scenario
  • Generate and test response options (Wind Tunnelling)

5. Hands-on

  • Develop an Action Plan for the selected future scenario
Ready-to-use training

Reference : vc049-ext

  • Duration : 1 Day

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