Having a Future Mindset
An extract from my soon to be released Scenario Planning Guide The following post is another abstract from my upcoming book ‘The Scenario Planning Guide’
futurist in residence
improve the future focus of your organisation
I work with forward looking businesses to improve their future focus
The Futurist in Residence program is for organisations who understand the uncertainty we’re experiencing is not a blip. These organisations know there are significant opportunities for those who prepare and support their people over the long term to lead through this new reality.
In fact, research shows that organisations who integrate foresight practices effectively into their operations significantly outperform their peers. A longitudinal study conducted over seven years revealed future focused companies outperform the average with 33 percent more profit, and 200 percent more growth.
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Future thinking skills
Future thinking skills workshops are a powerful way to support board members and organisational leaders to make more future focused decisions
scenario planning
Over a three month period we work together to develop a set of future scenarios to help address your most compelling strategic challenges
Strategy development
Using your future scenarios as a starting point, we work together to identify key strategic priorities and develop a robust strategic plan
PROGRAM design
Designed as a 12+ month program of training, support and strategic interventions, the Futurist in Residence program is for organisations who understand meaningful and sustained change can’t be delivered in a one hour keynote or a half day workshop. It requires a level of trust, intimacy and mutual commitment that only a long term engagement can provide.
Each program is co-created with the client to address their specific needs in terms of scanning for future trends and strategic drivers, developing future forecasts and scenarios, and identifying and testing new strategic options. In involves working closely with leaders and decision makers to upskill their decision making and forecasting ability and then developing a structured annual cycle of events to build and maintain momentum into the future.
DEVELOP a future focused culture
If you’d like to speak to Simon about the Future in Residence program and how we can work together to help develop and support your people please get in touch
DEVELOP a future
focused culture
If you’d like to speak to Simon about the Future in Residence program and how we can work together to help develop and support your people please get in touch
Having been part of many strategic planning processes over the years, the approach Simon used resulted in one of the best outcomes I’ve experienced. Not only did we reach agreement across management and the Board, Simon’s advice and ‘deep thinking’ approach realised a projected future for the business that none of us had ever really thought possible. THANK YOU!
SHARON ROBERTSON
CEO IBSA
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