Futures Thinking and Strategy Transformation

Executive Education Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

This interactive futures course is based on the six pillars approach to Futures Studies. Using methods such as the futures triangle, emerging issues analysis, the futures wheel, the Sarkar game, scenario planning, causal layered analysis, visioning and backcasting participants create alternative and preferred futures. Participants work in teams on questions relevant to their work (for example, the futures of organizational structures; ageing and productivity; housing and homelessness, gender equity) in the next two decades.

Case studies are used to illustrate the methods. Participants over the two days learn about themselves, others, their organization, and the changing world. They leave with not just insights as to the futures of x, but as to their own life narratives, and what they need to do In order to realize their visions.

Facilitator

Sohail Inayatullah, a political scientist and futurist, is the UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at the Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity, IIUM, Malaysia. He is also Professor at Tamkang University, Taiwan and Associate, Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne. He teaches from www.metafutureschool.org where his courses include Become a Futurist and Personal Futures: the CLA of the Self. He is listed in the top two percent of the world’s scientists as measured by the highest impact of citations.

His most recent books include CLA 3.0, and Asia 2038.

In the past year, he has worked with PWC, ANZ; OECD; FAO; INTERPOL; Mitsubishi Motors; the Government of New Zealand; the WHO; the Government of Egypt; the Government of Indonesia; The Asian Development Bank; Globe Telecom; ISESCO; the Philippines Senate; the Pacific Community; GASERC; and the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission.

Co-Facilitator

Dr. Ivana Milojević is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of Metafuture – an Australian based globally oriented foresight think-tank focused on the practical use of futures tools and methods through action learning approaches. In that capacity, she has delivered speeches and facilitated workshops for governmental and academic institutions, international associations, and non-governmental organizations around the world.

She is currently a consultant with the Asia Development Bank. Earlier she was senior futurist with the Brunei government and coordinator of the Brunei Futures Initiative. She has previously held professorships at several universities including the Association of Centres for Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies and Research, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, and the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.

She is the author of the Heroine’s Journey book series which includes, The Gold Maker, The Peace Maker and the Future Maker. Her academic books include CLA 3.0, The End of the Cow and other emerging issues, and Breathing.

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COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1

Welcome & Intro
The Uses of the Future
What works in the practice of foresight: nine questions that transform the future
Anticipatory action learning

Day 2

The Six Pillars approach starting with the Futures triangle and Emerging issues analysis
Macrohistory and the Sarkar game
Causal layered analysis of the external world and the inner world

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the participant will be able to:

Apply methods to develop alternative futures, such as scenario planning and forecasting, to organizational contexts.
Analyze emerging issues using tools like the futures wheel and causal layered analysis to identify potential impacts and opportunities.
Demonstrate the ability to leverage the future as a strategic tool for driving organizational transformation and innovation.
Reflect on personal leadership practices and evaluate how futures thinking can enhance self-awareness and decision-making capabilities.

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