Strategic Foresight - Decison Making in Uncertain Times

In a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world, in which new opportunities and risks intertwine, and the likely outcomes of key decisions highly are more unpredictable and more uncertain, business leaders and managers often struggle to understand how/when to make business and strategic decisions that are not only important for today but are also vital to the future survival and relevance of their organizations.

This course is designed to give business and corporate decision makers – business executives, senior managers, leaders, entrepreneurs – and policymakers interested in promoting viable business environments, access to the tools, methods and knowledge needed to anticipate, recognize and assess potential disruptions and innovations, trends and emerging signals of change that will combine to transform how business is done, what new tools and processes, what products and services become relevant, and where they are demanded.

The strategic foresight and anticipatory decision-making knowledge and tools that participants will be exposed to will enable them to systemically evaluate and better understand potential disruptions to their businesses and systems, spot emerging opportunities beforehand, and to make decide swift decisions in positioning their organizations to ride through and even benefit from disruptive changes.