Future Thinking - A new way of approaching tomorrow by thinking beyond strategy
The content includes the history of future thinking, taking it from prophecy to forecasting and prediction, fore sighting, fiction, the visual arts and film. Understanding how the human brain, through the theory of mind, makes it possible to do mental time travel, and how episodic memory, spatial navigation and future thinking enables us to do futuristic scene construction of what should be leading to executive function and ultimately problem solving and execution.
Strategic planning and technology management have become part of executive training on a global scale, but very few opportunities are available to prepare executives for imagining the future. The future lies beyond strategy and Future Thinking shapes the landscape on which to navigate the management of the enterprises of tomorrow. The future is not predictable; neither is it pre-determined. This opens the possibility of designing a desired future by being able to project one's thoughts ahead and experience what could be.
It is important that executives be at ease with the increasingly complex world and fast change in which business is conducted and to think at a holistic level. The course is the result of a gap identified worldwide in specialisation training in Future Thinking and a need that was expressed by several industries and research groups. The course does not only include the theories that make up the body of knowledge of Future Thinking, but it also integrates a number of existing future tools such as trend spotting, scenario planning, strategic foresight, road mapping, ideation and the ability to communicate the future.
The first part of the course is knowledge transfer through teaching and the communication of shared experiences and the second part a practical workshop where application of the new knowledge is demonstrated in the participant's own environment. Coursework is complemented by case studies and video material to stimulate facilitated discussion in contact mode.
Date: 29 August 2016 to 31 August 2016Time: 08:00 - 17:00
Venue: Schoongezigh Guesthouse, Pretoria