Strategic Foresight & FutureS Thinking

Why is strategic foresight & futureS thinking a key competence in competition? Today, more than ever, companies and organizations are required to systematically deal with volatile, ambiguous and uncertain trends of different future perspectives. Any corporate strategy that is only successful under stable conditions poses a high risk. Therefore, it is essential to develop strategies that are resilient to different future prospects. In order to succeed, businesses need to prepare and sustainably communicate these strategies while considering various potential outcomes.

This certificate course addresses these challenges and provides participants with scientifically proven methods to systematically identify and evaluate trends, develop and prepare future scenarios as well as plan and communicate resilient strategies for the future. The method of strategic foresight identifies potential developments and challenges while deriving new potentials. By working on practical examples and exchanging experiences with science and industry, participants can develop and implement organization-specific foresight processes and projects. These individual competencies are highly relevant across different sectors and industries in order to develop future-proof strategies.

Upon completion of the Certificate in Strategic Foresight & Futures Thinking, you will be able to

• comprehensively understand and apply strategic foresight;
• deal with highly complex problems and issues in a systematic and structured way;
• apply current and scientifically proven corporate foresight methods;
• develop, implement and communicate future-proof and company-specific strategies;
• generate organization-specific solutions through a highly practical approach
  
  

The part-time course is designed for

• entrepreneurs, managing directors and decision-makers, who are significantly involved in or responsible for the future direction of a company or organization;
• executives and junior executives in industrial, service and financial companies, municipalities, public companies, politics;
• entrepreneurs, innovation and technology managers, founders;
• management consultants who support established companies and start-ups in building an ecosystem or concrete future projects.