Foresight Training
IFTF’s new webinar series, Foresight Talks delivers powerful perspectives from seasoned foresight practitioners
piloting a path towards the future.
Moderated one-hour sessions filled with tips, insights and first-hand experience, IFTF’s Foresight Talks spark rich dialogue among futures thinkers from leading organizations as they discuss how to navigate today’s global turbulence — and transform challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Foresight Talks are free, open to all, and ideal for graduates of IFTF’s Foresight Training program. Each session includes a period for questions from the audience, and is archived below. Foresight Talks will be offered quarterly.
Register for an upcoming Foresight Talk today!
Applying Foresight at
The World Bank's Technology and Innovation Lab
Thursday, February 20th at 9:00AM Pacific Time
Institute for the Future, together with The World Bank Group's Rachel Alexandra Halsema, will host a free and public-facing webinar about how she's applying foresight and design thinking in her role at the ITS Technology & Innovation Lab and what impact it has on the organization's global work.
The ITS Technology & Innovation Lab (ITSTI) provides a learning platform, exploration space, and technology advice around disruptive technologies. We collaborate and partner with ITS counterparts, internal WBG business units, and external stakeholders to explore, test and understand new technology capabilities that will enable the WBG to fully harness the Digital Age to achieve its mission.
Foresight Methods for Driving Innovation,
Transformation, and Change
Thursday, March 12th at 9:00AM Pacific Time
Institute for the Future, together with EDHEC Business School's Dr. René Rohrbeck, will host a free and public-facing webinar about how organizations can use foresight tools and methods to drive organizational transformation, strategic innovation, and desirable futures. Dr. Rohrbeck will discuss methods that he and his team have developed and their learnings from 15 years of benchmarking firms on corporate foresight.
Dr. Rene Rohrbeck is a Professor of Strategy and director of the chair for Foresight, Innovation and Transformation at the EDHEC Business School, France. In his research he develops methods for participatory foresight, scenario-based strategizing and conducts regular benchmarking studies on the Future FITness of organizations. He is also Partner in the Berlin-based consultancy Rohrbeck Heger where he leads the practice on scenario planning and strategy and the industry verticals Mobility and Industrial.
Background Links:
Research Chair:http://fit-chair.edhec.edu
Academic Profile: http://rene-rohrbeck.de
Recent white Paper: https://www.edhec.edu/sites/www.edhec-portail.pprod.net/files/white_paper_organisations_fit_102019_bd.pdf
From the Archives of Foresight Talks
On Thursday, January 16, 2020, Institute for the Future hosted a free and public-facing webinar with award-winning design futurists and the instructors of IFTF's new Design Futures Training, Dr. Jake Dunagan and Jacques Barcia, about why it's important to create full-bodied experiences of the future in order to truly immerse people in your vision.
On Wednesday, December 11th at 9:00am Pacific Time, Institute for the Future, together with the US Forest Service's David Bengston and Jason Crabtree, hosted a free and public-facing webinar about how they're developing and applying foresight methods and thinking to help forest planners, managers, and policy makers anticipate and prepare for change.
On Thursday, November 14, Institute for the Future hosted a free webinar with Director of Games Research & Development, Dr. Jane McGonigal, about how she's pushing the futures thinking field from niche to mainstream by way of her new massively open online courses, which invite the public to game out hard-to-anticipate futures together.
On Thursday, September 19th, Institute for the Future, together with Nestle's Global Consumer Insight and Market Intelligence Manager, Dimitri Gerebtzoff, hosted public-facing webinar about what it's like to sense early trends at one of the world's leading food companies. Join us to talk about how Dimitri manages his global network of trend sensers and how he transforms trends into business opportunities and products.
On July 24, 2019 Institute for the Future, together with Stanford University d.school's Designer in Residence Lisa Kay Solomon, hosted a free and public-facing webinar about the intersections and applications of design and futures thinking.
From March 19, 2019.
Institute for the Future, together with Microsoft Envisioning Team's Ming-Li Chai and Harald Becker, hosted a free webinar for the public about what it's like to make the future in one of the world's leading tech companies
Foresight Essentials
Calendar of Upcoming Trainings
- February 25-27, 2020, Palo Alto, CA
- March 24-26, 2020, Washington, DC
- May 12-14, 2020, Munich, Germany
- June 23-25, 2020, Palo Alto, CA
- September 1-3, 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark
- October 6-8, 2020, Manchester, New Hampshire
Design Futures Training
- April 29-30, 2020, Palo Alto, CA
About IFTF Foresight Essentials
Institute for the Future is the world’s leading futures organization. Its training program, IFTF Foresight Essentials, is a comprehensive portfolio of strategic foresight training tools based upon 50 years of IFTF best practices. IFTF Foresight Essentials cultivate the mindset and skillsets that enable individuals and organizations to foresee future forces, identify emerging imperatives, and develop world-ready strategies. IFTF Foresight Essentials are uniquely customizable for businesses, government agencies, and social impact organizations.
Interested in learning more about our webinars and trainings?
Contact our team here:
Neela Lazkani | nlazkani@iftf.org