Foresight in Practice
The future rarely unfolds the way we expect. Funding models shift. Technologies emerge. Communities change.
Foresight in Practice is a four-session, hands-on introduction to strategic foresight — a practice for exploring what could happen beyond simply guessing, and making decisions that hold up across more than one possible future.
Over four in-person sessions, you'll work through a real strategic challenge facing your organization and learn practical tools for navigating uncertainty.
The Sessions
1: Wednesday, September 16 — Foresight 101
What foresight is — and isn't. Explore real-world examples, get introduced to the tools you'll use, and choose the strategic challenge you'll explore.2: Wednesday, October 7 — Frame & Scan
Turn your issue into a focused foresight question, then scan for signals of change using the STEEP framework.3: Wednesday, November 4 — Uncertainties & Scenarios
Cluster signals into drivers, identify critical uncertainties, and build four plausible futures.4: Tuesday, December 8 — From Futures to Action
Test your strategy against each future, then backcast practical actions for the next 12 months.
What You'll Leave With
A clearly framed foresight question based on a real challenge facing your organization
A collection of signals and drivers shaping that issue
Four plausible future scenarios and a strategy tested against them
Practical actions for the next 12 months, plus early-warning indicators to watch
A simple facilitation kit to run a condensed foresight exercise with your own team
Who It's For
CSI Members facing strategic uncertainty, especially those working in strategy and direction, Innovation and new programs, community engagement, growth and partnerships, product and service design, or leadership and decision-making.
About the Facilitator
Yashar Behroozi is a management consultant with 10+ years of experience and founder of PivotPath, an innovation and AI product design studio. He holds an MBA from Leeds University Business School and is currently completing an MDes in Strategic Foresight & Innovation at OCAD University.
Please note, this series is open to CSI Members only.