Futurist Training Day: A Journey into Foresight
Embark on a day-long immersive experience introducing a group to the world of foresight through structured activities focusing on framing, scanning, researching, scenario building, implications analysis, and innovation opportunities. Participants will explore disruptors in consumer behavior, technology, business models, and work dynamics, ultimately developing strategic options for future challenges and opportunities.
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Design Your Agenda Imagine that you have a day to introduce a group of people from an organization to the future You can decide who the group is, how many, and related matters. The key is to map out a set of activities that you think would the most effective way to introduce a group of newbies to foresight. Houston FORESIGHT: Preparing Professional Futurists
Process-Led Agenda Activity Description 9-10 Framing The beginning of a foresight project by setting the boundaries, timeframe, and mapping the domain. 10-11 Scanning The process of looking for the signals of change before they become apparent to others. 11-12 Research Current assessment 12-1 Lunch 1-2 The Baseline The inputs to creating a baseline future what the future looks like with no major surprises 2-3 Alternative Futures The various methods used to generate scenarios 3-4 Implications Analysis Identifying and prioritizing the implications of scenarios that in turn leads to the identification of innovation opportunities. 4-5 Innovation Opportunities via Elevator Speeches Developing innovation concepts using the elevator speech tool derived from the implications Houston FORESIGHT: Preparing Professional Futurists
Content-Led Agenda AGENDA 9:00 Thinking about the Future Overview of basic method for exploring the future and scanning for disruption 9:15 Consumer Disruptors Six disruptors and table talk in which teams pick most influential disruptor and identify top implications 9:45 Tech Disruptors Disruptors and table talk 10:15 Break 10:30 Biz Model Disruptors Disruptors and table talk 11:00 Work Disruptors Disruptors and table talk 11:30 Select winning disruptors Table teams select the most influential disruptor 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Identify Implications using Futures Wheel Explore potential impacts on the organization should their disruption occur 2:30 Select a strategic Issue Identify the biggest opportunity or threat from the implications 3:00 Develop & Pitch Strategic options Each team pitches their concept and gets feedback from the other teams using the Elevator Speech format. 4:00 Adjourn Houston FORESIGHT: Preparing Professional Futurists
Design Your Agenda Activity Description Houston FORESIGHT: Preparing Professional Futurists
