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Strategize like a Futurist

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Better navigate strategically in the world

Learn how to bring futures thinking and foresight into strategy. Empower yourself with tools, techniques, and mindset to better navigate strategically in a world where many factors come together in complex ways to create surprising futures. 

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

This 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.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • check Futures Thinking & Foresight
  • check Dynamics of Change
  • check Futures Mindset
  • check Decision-making
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About the course

About the course

Join Simon Fuglsang Østergaard, one of the course leaders, as he provides an overview of what you can expect and the course objectives.

What your weeks will look like

Topics, Frameworks, Methods & Tools that will be covered

Session 1 - Using The Future expand_more expand_less
  • Principles for Strategic Foresight.
  • Principles for Futures Thinking.
  • Examples of Applied Strategic Foresight.
Session 2 - Exploring Dynamics Of Change expand_more expand_less
  • CIFS Megatrends.
  • How and where to look for change.
  • Introduction to topical case used in the course.
Session 3 - Understanding Strategic Uncertainty expand_more expand_less
  • Engaging with uncertainty.
  • Identifying strategic uncertainties.
  • Impact/uncertainty assessment.
Session 4 - Building Futures Scenarios expand_more expand_less
  • Defining scenario properties.
  • Crafting scenario narratives.
  • Effective ways of communicating scenarios and foresight work.
Session 5 - Connecting Foresight to Strategic Purpose expand_more expand_less
  • Understanding strategic implications from alternative futures.
  • Developing strategic responses.
  • Windtunelling strategies.
Session 6 - Be Inspired To Inspire The Change expand_more expand_less
  • Action Learning Projects.
  • Bringing your newfound skills ‘home’ to your professional context.
  • Role modelling and scaling change.
Frameworks, Methods & Tools expand_more expand_less
  • Futures & Foresight principles and vocabulary.
  • CIFS Megatrends report.
  • The Futures Triangle (tool).
  • Impact/Uncertainty Matrix (tool).
  • Scenario Development (tool).
  • Scenario Immersion & Windtunelling (tool).
  • CIFS Foresight Toolkit (incl. tools not directly applied in the course).
  • Supporting and contextualising cases and content.
  • Peer-to-peer learning with other participants.
  • Individual reflection track.

Learning Outcomes

By the time you finish this course you should have acquired the following knowledge and skills, which you’ll be able to use right away in your work, or add to your resumé:

Understanding Foresight Fundamentals

Participants will gain a solid foundation in futures thinking and foresight practices, including hands-on experience with key tools from the foresight toolbox.

Exploring Change and Building Futures Scenarios

Participants will learn a structured process for understanding the dynamics of change and planning for alternative scenarios from interconnected factors and systemic relationships.

Cultivating a Futures Mindset

Participants will build confidence in futures thinking while gaining a deeper awareness of how our understanding of the future shape decisions today. They will understand how cognitive biases and path-dependent thinking can impair our ability to see beyond existing systems and thinking patterns.

Connecting Foresight to Strategic Purpose

Participants will learn how to understand strategic implications of alternative futures and how to connect foresight to strategic purpose, in order to operationalize foresight outcomes into strategic action.

Meet your Course Leaders

Get to know the experts guiding your journey to success.

Simon

Simon Fuglsang Østergaard

Simon has been part of Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies since 2016 and has led and participated in many advisory projects exploring long-term strategic implications through scenario planning, trend analysis, and strategic foresight broadly. He has worked with high-level national and international clients and stakeholders across business and society, helping organizations challenge outdated beliefs and misguided assumptions about the future, to enhance preparedness and strategic decision-making. On a day-to-day basis, Simon works intensively with exploring how shifts in technology, demographics and people’s behavior raise critical uncertainties for societies and businesses across the board. Simon brings his experience with working with strategic foresight and futures-oriented issues to our Applied Strategic Foresight course.

Anastasia

Anastasija Timoseva

Anastasija is a vibrant facilitator and learning program producer at Hyper Island, she thrives in engaging with diverse teams and stakeholders from varied backgrounds embodying a hands-on approach to the facilitation process and design. With a keen interest and experience in the Wind Power industry, showcasing her versatile expertise, she blends her analytical and creative skills beyond her facilitator role, as she is also an adept Project Manager.

Receive and Share Your Certificate

You’ll receive a Professional Certificate via the Accredible platform within 1-2 weeks after completing the course.

Certificates are configured for uploading and sharing on LinkedIn or downloading as PDF.

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What they say

Discover what our former participants say about their experience.

Victor Lopes Mascarenhas - SF Alumni

"I highly recommend the Strategize like a Futurist course. The CIFS know-how and experience connected with the Hyper Island approach was a really informative and pleasant experience.
I would have loved more time with them and our awesome cohort."

Victor Lopes Mascarenhas

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LEARN BY DOING

Build, create and experiment by creating opportunities to get hands on with the underpinnings of what’s driving change in business.

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FEEDBACK & DIALOGUE

Providing the essential communication techniques to realize inclusion and empathy for others through active listening, feedback and effective dialogue.

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GROUP DYNAMICS

Experiences rooted in the foundational tools, theory and models around group dynamics and team development such as IMGD (Integrated Model of Group Development).

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REFLECTION HABITS

Developing critical reflection habits for individuals and teams provides opportunity to amplify experience and outcomes.

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