Design Your Agenda Imagine that you have a day to introduce a group of people from an organization to the future You can decide who the group is, how many, and related matters. The key is to map out a set of activities that you think would the most effective way to introduce a group of newbies to foresight.

Process-Led Agenda Activity Description 9-10 Framing   The beginning of a foresight project by setting the boundaries, timeframe, and mapping the domain. 10-11 Scanning The process of looking for the signals of change before they become apparent to others. 11-12 Research Current assessment 12-1 Lunch 1-2 The Baseline The inputs to creating a baseline future – what the future looks like with no major surprises 2-3 Alternative Futures The various methods used to generate scenarios 3-4 Implications Analysis Identifying and prioritizing the implications of scenarios that in turn leads to the identification of innovation opportunities. 4-5 Innovation Opportunities via Elevator Speeches Developing innovation concepts using the elevator speech tool derived from the implications

Content-Led Agenda AGENDA 9:00 Thinking about the Future Overview of basic method for exploring the future and scanning for disruption 9:15 Consumer Disruptors Six disruptors and “table talk” in which teams pick most influential disruptor and identify top implications 9:45 Tech Disruptors Disruptors and table talk 10:15 Break 10:30 Biz Model Disruptors 11:00 Work Disruptors 11:30 Select “winning” disruptors Table teams select the most influential disruptor 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Identify Implications using Futures Wheel Explore potential impacts on the organization should their disruption occur 2:30 Select a strategic Issue Identify the biggest opportunity or threat from the implications 3:00 Develop & Pitch Strategic options Each team pitches their concept and gets feedback from the other teams using the Elevator Speech format. 4:00 Adjourn

Design Your Agenda Activity Description