Strategic Foresight

Through studies, workshops and symposia, we help organisations and their networks navigate and plan for the complexities of a rapidly changing and uncertain world. We challenge where they are going and how they are going to get there, using a range of future scenarios and forecasting techniques.

What is Stategic Foresight?

Generally, Strategic Foresight can be defined as: discovering, examining and translating global thinking, information and research, into insights for risk, strategy, innovation and policy processes. More particularly, it comprises:

• Looking ahead – beyond usual timescales.
• Looking across – beyond usual sources.
• Gazing beyond a single ‘expected’ future to a range of alternative ‘possible’ futures.
• Considering implications for today’s decisions.
• Promoting ‘resilience’ and ‘adaptability’ in strategy.

Recognising that events do not always move in tidy, linear or gradual ways, Strategic Foresight is progressively being used in a wide realm of endeavours; from policy formation, change management, risk appraisal, threat identification and programme prioritisation, to decision-making, innovation research, enterprise promotion, as well as city planning and real estate development.

We help real estate organisations and cities position themselves strategically in establishing proper priorities to meet their objectives. We also work with them, and other stakeholders, to build trust within their particular domain, and in society at large. We focus firmly on creating value for them by thinking farther, wider and deeper.

Strategic Foresight Programmes

Whilst all our commissions are carefully tailored to the particular needs of the client organisation, the main programmes we offer tend to fall into three groups.

1. One-Day Workshops – which introduce the concept and methodology of “Strategic Foresight” in the context of the client’s field of operation.
2. Compact Study – usually lasting 5-10 days of commissioned work, and comprising relevant research, selected strategic conversations, horizon-scanning, foresight workshop and report.
3. Comprehensive Assignment – providing a thoroughgoing review of the client’s operational environment, strategic planning policy and leadership imperatives. The precise nature, duration, activities and products of the assignment would depend on the specific requirements and objectives of the client.

Corporate Foresight Resources