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This course has completely sold out for 2023. 2024 dates will be published very soon.

Dates:

  • Wednesday 22 & Thursday 23 November 2023 (bookings close at 12noon Monday 20 November 2023 unless sold out prior) SOLD OUT

Please note this course runs from 11.30am to 4.30pm on the first day, and 9am to 1pm on the second day.

Learn how to navigate your organisation through uncertainty in turbulent times and be prepared for whatever the future holds.

This two-day foundational course will teach you about Strategic Foresight – a discipline that helps us create alternative views of possible futures. It is used by many of the world’s most successful organisations, as well as Governments who use it to inform their policy development.

The future can be shaped by the actions we take today. This course will help you start creating the future you desire for yourself and your organisation, while still managing today’s businesses demands.

What will you gain?

By the completion of the course, you will be enabled to:

  • Begin thinking like a futurist;
  • Understand what futures thinking and strategic foresight is - and isn’t;
  • Learn how strategic foresight and futures thinking can help refine and inform any organisation’s strategies today;
  • Challenge your organisation’s conventional view of the future, and help identify tomorrow’s problems, today;
  • Begin to pick out weak signals from the noise and identify key drivers of change;
  • Find ways to reduce uncertainty and anticipate possible and probable futures; and
  • Use analysis to look for opportunities and to develop action plans to shape the future you want.

Course structure

The course uses group discussion, case studies and exercises to teach you about Strategic Foresight, and provides you with tools and techniques to take away and apply immediately.

Facilitator

Lee Parkinson
Professor of Practice

Lee is a well-respected strategy and foresight practitioner with over 30 years of experience working in the commercial creative sector.

His main areas of focus are on helping businesses prosper while navigating through uncertainty, and the adoption of smart approaches to positioning, brand, and business strategies.

This Course is $1500pp including GST and Humanitix booking fees.
Course fees include catering (all dietary requirements catered for), booking fees and on-site parking.

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Refund and Cancellation policy A written notification of withdrawals or substitutions must be sent via email to The University of Canterbury Business School Executive Education Team at execed@canterbury.ac.nz Substitutions Participants who have registered for a place on a course may be substituted at no extra charge, where at least two business days’ notice is given prior to the course start date, via email to execed@canterbury.ac.nz Cancellations UC Executive Education reserves the right to cancel any course or programme for any reason. Fees are fully refundable for courses cancelled by us, however UC will not be responsible for airfares, accommodation or any other associated costs incurred by participants. No refund will be given where the participant fails to attend the course, or if the participant withdraws from the course at any stage, for any reason. Any cancellations received fewer than 14 days from the course start date are subject to different levels of refund, excluding GST as detailed below. Where a cancellation is received 15 or more days before course commencement, a full refund will be made. Notification received: 15 or more days : A full refund will be provided 8 – 14 days : 50% of course fee 7 days or less : No refund.