Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Course PSM-012
Tools and Techniques for Developing Strategic Foresight
Strategic foresight helps organizations anticipate change, identify emerging opportunities, manage uncertainty, and prep... The outline covers Foundations of Futures Studies, Futures Thinking and Alternative Futures, Sce...
- 5 daysClassroom or online
- 14Upcoming dates
- 7Cities
- €1,625Fees from
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14 sessions
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Introduction
Course overview
Strategic foresight helps organizations anticipate change, identify emerging opportunities, manage uncertainty, and prepare for future challenges. In a rapidly changing environment, leaders need practical tools to think ahead and make informed long-term decisions. This course equips participants with proven methods to scan trends, explore scenarios, and build future-ready strategies.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Understand the principles of strategic foresight
- Identify trends, risks, and future opportunities
- Apply environmental scanning techniques
- Use scenario planning for decision-making
- Analyze uncertainty and possible futures
- Build future-focused strategies
- Improve strategic thinking and innovation
- Develop a practical foresight action plan
Who should attend
Target audience
- Strategy Professionals
- Senior Managers
- Business Leaders
- Planning Managers
- Innovation Teams
- Government and Public Sector Professionals
- Anyone involved in long-term planning and decision-making
Methodology
Learning approach
- This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, group discussions, scenario exercises, trend analysis workshops, foresight tools, and real workplace examples.
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Foundations of Futures Studies
- Foundations of futures studies
- History of future studies
- The discipline of futurology
- How companies and governments can use futurology
- Coffee break
- How companies and governments can use futurology (continued)
- Actors in the field
- Current theories and applications
- Introduction to futures thinking
Day 2
Futures Thinking and Alternative Futures
- Characteristics of a futurist perspective
- Change as the norm
- The acceleration of change
- Seeing events as interrelated
- Taking a holistic perspective in viewing change
- Coffee break
- Taking a holistic perspective in viewing change (continued)
- Accepting alternative futures
- Distinguishing between possible, probable, and preferable futures
- Importance of short, medium, and long-range planning
- Danger of leaving the future to chance
- Creating the future proactively
Day 3
Scenario Thinking and Foresight Tools
- Scenario thinking concepts
- Scenario approach methods
- Environmental scanning techniques
- Futures wheel applications
- Coffee break
- Futures table methods
- Weak signals identification
- Black swans and wild cards
- Applying foresight tools in practice
Day 4
Systems Thinking and Leadership for the Future
- Systems thinking and strategic foresight
- Understanding complexity
- Systemic structure of dynamic and complex wholes
- Methodologies of systems thinking
- Coffee break
- Methodologies of systems thinking (continued)
- Visionary leadership and corporate foresight
- Connection between foresight and strategy process
- Governmental and regional foresight initiatives
Day 5
Managing Change and Sustainable Futures
- Managing for change
- Link between strategic management and futures research
- Using futures studies to effect change and transformation
- Role of leadership in planning for the future
- Coffee break
- Using futures studies to manage and mitigate risk
- Changing futures through action
- Global challenges and sustainable futures
- Studying effects of globalization
- Concept of sustainability
Course FAQs
Questions about this course
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What does Tools and Techniques for Developing Strategic Foresight (PSM-012) cover?
This course covers Planning and Strategy Management through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 9 - 13 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Strategy Professionals, Senior Managers, Business Leaders
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Munich, Barcelona, London, Geneva, Vienna, Paris, Cape Town.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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