Strategic Foresight Course for Senior Leaders: Reading Tomorrow's Market Today (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Markets don't wait for a five-year plan to catch up. The organizations that hold their ground are the ones whose senior leaders can already read where the ground is shifting. The Strategic Foresight Course for Senior Leaders: Reading Tomorrow's Market Today, delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, is built around that single capability: turning strategic thinking into a working radar for future opportunities, risks and decisions.
Across the course, participants apply structured environmental-scanning tools, translate the results into long-term and adaptive strategy, and practice leading, communicating and building teams around a future that keeps moving. The goal is a leader who treats uncertainty as raw material for strategy, not an excuse to postpone it.
2Objectives and target group
Target Audience
- Senior leaders in companies, government bodies and private institutions.
- Executives and board members.
- Strategic planners and heads of departments.
- Individuals responsible for major decisions inside their organization.
By the End of the Course, Participants Will Be Able To:
- Explain why strategic thinking is central to senior leadership's ability to foresee the future.
- Use structured tools to analyze future trends, opportunities and challenges.
- Build innovative, long-term and adaptive strategic plans using advanced analytical tools.
- Make strategic decisions with more confidence, and set credible long-term direction.
- Lead organizational change and turn foresight strategies into real execution.
3Course Content
Module 1: Why Strategic Foresight Defines the Next Decade of Leadership
- The concept of strategic thinking and why foresight matters in leading the future.
- Tactical planning versus strategic planning.
- The role senior leadership plays in foreseeing the future.
Module 2: The Mechanics of Strategic Thinking
- Core principles strategic thinking rests on, and its dimensions and tools.
- Integrating strategic thinking into the leadership process.
- The challenges senior leaders face in forecasting, and the role of information and data in strategic decisions.
Module 3: Reading the External Environment with PESTLE
- Studying political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors.
- Applying the PESTLE tool to external environmental analysis.
- Practical applications of environmental analysis in foreseeing the future.
Module 4: Tracking Trends and Spotting Opportunity Inside Uncertainty
- Tracking and analyzing influential future trends, including with big data and AI.
- Identifying future opportunities through environmental analysis.
- Using SWOT and TOWS to weigh strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and feed results into decisions.
Module 5: From Long-Term Vision to Adaptive Strategy
- Building long-term strategy from trend analysis, with goals and performance indicators.
- Balancing short-term and long-term objectives.
- Adapting strategy to fast-moving environmental change and future risk.
Module 6: Innovation and Leading Change
- Fostering innovation in strategic processes, including brainstorming methods.
- Change management strategies during future transformation, and overcoming resistance.
- Building a culture of innovation and change, and a flexible, supportive environment.
Module 7: Forecasting Tools and Economic Scenarios
- Modern forecasting tools, including future scenarios, data analysis and AI.
- Forecasting economic change and planning business strategy around it.
- Building multiple future scenarios and alternative evaluation tools.
Module 8: Strategic Leadership, Communication and Team-Building for the Future
- The role of leadership in shaping an organization's future, especially in turbulent times.
- Communicating a future vision effectively to teams and internal stakeholders.
- Building and training integrated teams for future-facing projects.
Module 9: Sustainability as a Strategic Pillar
- Embedding sustainability into future business strategy and organizational culture.
- Using resources sustainably and achieving economic, social and environmental goals.
- Financial sustainability tools for future growth in large institutions.
Module 10: Competing and Executing: From Plan to Results
- Monitoring competitors and identifying untapped opportunities in future markets.
- Applying innovative strategies and technology to build competitive advantage.
- Turning vision into executable plans, monitoring implementation, and sustaining continuous learning.