Foresight
A professional certification program designed to develop and establish a network of verified strategic foresight experts in key sectors in the government of Dubai to be utilised for future-oriented research and projects.
Foresight studies educates you in different aspects of thinking about how the world works, such as cause and effect through systems thinking, social change, and planning through scenarios. Studying foresight:
- Energizes your creativity
- Expands your connections
- Exposes you to potential futures
- Encourages you to be more aware
- Enables your thinking processes to expand
- Educates you in different aspects of thinking“
As early as the year 2000 the Corporate Strategy Board (CSB) surveyed strategists in major corporations to identify critical professional challenges.
The top five responses included:
- Challenging strategic assumptions
- Translating strategy into action
- Communicating strategy
- Identifying discontinuous change
- Adapting strategy to rapid change
The Foresight program addresses these concerns by focusing on forecasting, and planning discontinuous and transformational change by analyzing rapid alterations in external environments and by using systems thinking to increase the chances of achieving preferred futures. The program provides collaboration and innovation with multiple perspectives on foresight, business and marketing, consumer science, and retailing.
