Our futures thinking services equip organizations with the mindset and strategies to spot trends and adapt proactively. Our futures thinking workshops and trend reports use proven foresight methods to help teams develop actionable plans that address change and uncertainty in their field.
For on-site work, the client will cover travel expenses and per diem. Before workshops, the client will complete a pre-needs assessment and an intake survey of topics of interest to inform the sessions. We highly recommend taking the Introduction to Futures Thinking training as a pre-workshop session.
Our team can produce a trend report on any topic, looking beyond surface-level hype to examine the broader forces driving structural change. The report will identify weak signals (early indicators of change), megatrends (large, long-term forces shaping trajectories), and drivers (underlying causes). We will work with you to define the report's quantitative and qualitative parameters. An average report takes around 40 hours to complete.
This session provides a novice overview of futures thinking strategies, covering fundamental practices such as defining terms and principles, as well as identifying signals and drivers (aka horizon scanning). Participants will explore combinatorial mashups of signals and drivers and discover valuable resources, such as associations, professional futurists, and relevant information sources. This session may also serve as a foundation for other workshops.
This session features thought-provoking activities designed to explore futures-thinking strategies that help you quickly shift from past to present for yourself, your process, or your product. Learn how to break free from current time-bound, place-based, situational thinking.
Practice future-thinking strategies that support long-range planning and innovative decision-making. The facilitator will define the strategies and share exemplars for each. Strategies include horizon scanning, identifying and categorizing drivers, and manipulating signals to create potential forecast scenarios. Groups can work together on a given topic or splinter into subtopics.
This workshop includes guided group exercises to surface emerging trends, their drivers, and subsequent ripple effects, fostering collective intelligence to inform foresight scenarios on a selected subject.
This workshop includes guided group exercises to surface emerging trends, their drivers, and subsequent ripple effects, fostering collective intelligence to inform foresight scenarios on a selected subject. Prioritize actions based on current departmental goals and campus mission statements. This workshop is reserved for groups already involved in futures thinking or those who have completed the Collaborative Foresight Activities session.
Participate in experiential activities designed to strengthen collaboration, adaptability, and resilience by simulating future challenges and solutions. First, explore various simulation options and experience one that’s ready-made. Then, with input from your teams and our workshop leader’s guidance, co-create a unique simulation that you can use and share with your departmental teams.