Course Description

The Futures Thinking program equips participants with the skills and frameworks to anticipate change, identify emerging trends, and develop strategic foresight for decision-making. Participants will learn how to apply scenario planning, trend analysis, and innovative thinking to create resilient strategies that prepare organizations for the future.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the principles and methodologies of futures thinking.
  • Identify and analyze emerging trends, drivers, and uncertainties.
  • Develop and use scenario planning to explore possible futures.
  • Apply foresight tools to strategic decision-making and innovation.
  • Integrate futures thinking into organizational strategy and planning.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for business leaders, strategy professionals, innovation managers, policy advisors, and anyone responsible for long-term planning, strategy, or change management.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1: Introduction to Futures Thinking

  • Understanding the concept and importance of futures thinking
  • Key drivers of change: social, technological, economic, environmental, and political trends
  • Tools and frameworks for analyzing the future
  • Case studies of successful strategic foresight

Day 2: Scenario Planning and Trend Analysis

  • Identifying critical uncertainties and trends
  • Developing alternative future scenarios
  • Applying foresight techniques for risk assessment and opportunity identification
  • Group discussions on scenario-based strategy
Day 3: Applying Futures Thinking to Strategy and Innovation

  • Integrating futures thinking into organizational decision-making
  • Using foresight for innovation and strategic planning
  • Developing actionable insights from scenario analysis
  • Communicating future scenarios to stakeholders
  • Knowledge review and Q&A

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.