A Highly Interactive Training Course On
Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning
Anticipating Change and Building Resilient Strategies
Course Introduction
In a world defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), organizations need more than short-term strategies—they require the ability to anticipate, prepare, and adapt to future disruptions. A Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning Course provides professionals with the mindset and analytical tools needed to move beyond reactive approaches and embrace proactive, future-focused strategies. By exploring potential developments, risks, and emerging opportunities, participants gain the ability to design strategies that are resilient under multiple future conditions.
This Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning Course equips participants with methodologies to systematically evaluate megatrends, analyze external drivers, and translate foresight into actionable strategies. The course emphasizes the use of practical frameworks and scenario-building exercises, ensuring attendees can apply their learning directly to organizational planning. By integrating foresight into day-to-day decision-making, professionals can strengthen resilience, improve risk management, and ensure long-term competitiveness.
- Explore advanced foresight tools for anticipating disruption
- Learn scenario planning techniques for navigating uncertainty
- Analyze megatrends and signals shaping industries and markets
- Design adaptive and robust organizational strategies
- Strengthen resilience and innovation in decision-making
Training Objectives
By completing this Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning Course, participants will achieve the following objectives:
- Develop a strong understanding of the principles of strategic foresight and its role in shaping long-term success
- Apply structured scenario planning techniques to evaluate multiple possible futures and inform decision-making
- Identify and interpret key drivers, early signals, and global megatrends affecting their industry or organization
- Build resilience and agility into organizational strategy, ensuring preparedness for rapid change and uncertainty
- Integrate foresight practices into risk management, innovation planning, and strategic development processes
- Design action-oriented strategies that position organizations to thrive in shifting and disruptive environments
Training Methodology
The Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning Course is delivered using dynamic and engaging approaches tailored to professional learning. Participants will benefit from structured lectures, facilitated discussions, and case study analysis that connect foresight theory with practical business applications. Each concept is reinforced through real-world examples, ensuring that participants understand not only the methodology but also how to apply it effectively in their own organizational context.
In addition, the course emphasizes active learning through scenario-building exercises, group simulations, and problem-solving workshops. By engaging in interactive sessions, participants develop the ability to critically evaluate future scenarios and convert insights into actionable strategies. Comprehensive course materials and tools are provided to ensure that learning extends beyond the classroom and supports continued application in participants’ professional roles.
Who should Attend?
This Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning Course is designed for professionals seeking to strengthen their ability to anticipate change and guide their organizations through complex futures. It is particularly beneficial for leaders and managers responsible for long-term strategy and risk preparedness.
- Strategy and Planning Professionals focused on shaping organizational direction
- Executives and Senior Leaders with responsibility for corporate or government strategy
- Innovation Managers and Change Leaders driving transformation initiatives
- Risk Management and Business Continuity Specialists preparing for uncertainty
- Government Officials and Policy Makers involved in public policy and planning
- Professionals aiming to embed foresight practices into organizational decision-making
Course Outline
- Understanding VUCA and its impact on strategy
- Principles and frameworks of strategic foresight
- Environmental scanning and trend analysis
- Identifying weak signals, wild cards, and emerging issues
- Case studies of foresight-driven organizations
- Mapping megatrends: demographic, technological, geopolitical, and environmental
- Tools for analyzing drivers of change (STEEP, PESTLE, Futures Wheel)
- Detecting disruptions and breakthrough innovations
- Linking foresight to risk assessment and opportunity management
- Practical exercise: building a trend radar
- Introduction to scenario planning models (Shell, GBN, 2x2 Matrix, etc.)
- Steps to construct alternative futures
- Crafting plausible, challenging, and divergent scenarios
- Stress-testing current strategies against future possibilities
- Workshop: Developing scenario narratives
- Translating foresight into actionable strategies
- Identifying robust strategic options under uncertainty
- Linking scenarios to innovation and business transformation
- Using foresight in policy-making and governance
- Group exercise: scenario-based decision-making
- Building a foresight culture and institutionalizing scenario planning
- Integrating foresight into strategic planning cycles
- Tools for monitoring signals and updating scenarios
- Leadership and communication skills for foresight-driven change
- Final group project: presenting a foresight & scenario plan for a real-world challenge
Providers and Associations
Certificates
- Copex Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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