Why choose this program?
A strong, unique program
The future is hard to pin down, but concrete methods are available to explore and interpret it. Learn how they work, learn about their range of applications and their impact, and make a place for strategic foresight in the management of your organization.
Faculty who also practice the discipline professionally.
A diverse group of participants from public and private organizations who sharpen one another’s perspectives.
A foundation in the academic tradition of strategic foresight, translated into practical methods for real world use.
A lasting network of peers who, like you, focus on the longer term.
Participants give the Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning Master Class a score of 8.4 out of 10.
How will this program benefit you?
Many leaders sense it: something is shifting in their strategic landscape because of technological developments (AI), new competitors (startups), or changes in legislation (CSRD), but exactly what is changing remains difficult to define.
This masterclass turns that undefined feeling into overview and the ability to act. You will be introduced to concrete, proven methods for identifying, interpreting, and translating developments in markets and society into opportunities. You will also test the future readiness of your current strategy.
You will not only deepen your understanding of how these methods work, but also practice using them through cases brought in by participants.
After completing this master class, you will:
- You will identify the trends and developments that are changing your strategic landscape earlier and more sharply, and you will be able to interpret them in a well substantiated way.
- You will be able to build coherent future scenarios and use them to stress test your organization’s strategy.
- You will translate future images into concrete strategic options and choices that keep your organization agile over the longer term.
- You will know how to make decisions and provide direction when uncertainty and complexity increase, and what type of leadership that requires.
How will this program benefit your organization?
In many organizations, the urgency of the day dominates, and attention is focused mainly on the short term. Yet the choices you make now about investments, strategic alliances, new business models, or HRM policy have consequences that extend far into the future. In that context, the future is rarely a single point on the horizon. It is more often a range of possibilities.
Which scenarios should you take into account, and which strategic choices will remain robust across all of those scenarios? The methods and tools from this masterclass help your organization answer exactly that question.
- The organization becomes more agile and innovative because employees recognize developments earlier and can interpret them in context.
- A lead over competitors emerges because strategic choices and their underlying assumptions are substantiated through scenarios.
- The existing organizational strategy is tested in the masterclass for future readiness and can be adjusted immediately where needed.
- Internally, a climate and language emerge in which the future and strategy can be discussed without the topic becoming charged.
De TIAS experience of Elly van Exel
“I can highly recommend the Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning Master Class. After 3 days, my view of the future was clearer and I knew what to expect. I know how to prepare myself and my organization. Among other things, you learn which tools you can use and how to create your own future scenarios. It’s incredibly valuable for me, as a manager in a changing organization that trains people as ‘futureproof’ professionals.”
Elly van Exel, Project Leader for Educational Innovation
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