VISION SESSION | FuturesAcademy

ENVISION THE 21st CENTURY

Cone of possibilities: Probable, Plausible, Possible

Responsable business: 'We are our choices'

Challenging our storyworld to spot new threats & opportunities

Cone of possibilities: Probable, Plausible, Possible

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The future is uncertain. In response, many organizations aim to become future-proof. Holding on firmly to what they have today. This attitude triggers them to protect the organization from the future, to brace for impact, and become so robust they can’t fail. Yet, not failing implies also not adapting and learning to anticipate future changes, threats, and opportunities. Therefore we dare you to challenge yourself!

For us, the future is a verb. It’s an activity. We strive for a Future Ready state of mind, which is about daring to challenge the status quo continuously. To train the agility of our mind & vision by encountering emerging dynamics and anticipating disruptive change. In this process of discovering future dynamics we learn where to hold on to for stability and to where to let go to create space to grow and develop.

Do you want to become more 21st century ready? Then do immerse your team into possible futures with our thought-provoking visioning sessions. These sessions are aimed to make sense of change outside-in. It is good to scan multiple horizons and possible futures. Futures that are not just impacting your organization, but also futures that might be influenced by your own actions today! Where do you want to go from here?

SESSIONS
TO CREATE A
SHARED VISION ON THE FUTURE

CHALLENGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE

Create choices before you make choices

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In an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable world, making the right decisions are becoming more critical ánd more complex at the same time. Since we are living not just through a time of change but moreover a change of time, we need to focus on doing things right ánd decide together what is the right thing to do going forward.

This increased complexity demands a new team discipline to discuss change, transformation, impact, values, disruption, and strategy. We are in need of a new language, a compass, and a shared and common understanding of the world around us. Shifting your perspective enables you to establish familiarity with the unfamiliar.

CREATE CHOICES, BEFORE YOU MAKE CHOCIES

"YOU NEED TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE,
BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE."

'21-READY' APPLIED TO YOUR BUSINESS

IN ANY MARKET NOWADAYS, THE FASTEST LEARNER WINS

All our thematic challenges are designed around a scenario that sheds a specific perspective on the future. All these scenarios are designed around a certain trigger or change dynamic. For example the rise of new social values, a new generation in society or emerging mainstream technology etc.

To fully embody possible upcoming changes, each of our challenges consists of a scenario, change dynamic, key dilemma's introduced by this new shift, questions that demand answers, some actual showcases of next practices, and a summary of the key design principles of this emerging theme.

The modular approach allows teams to periodically challenge themselves with a new future perspective. By scanning multiple directions and horizons we seek to grasp the superstructure of phenomena like Digital Transition, Generation Q, Energy transition, Circular economy, Agile work. All these shifts are interconnected!

Example Circular economy

Example Platform Society

VIEW EXAMPLES OF OUR THEMES CATALOGUE

ANTICIPATE NEW HORIZONS

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THEMATIC CHALLENGE 1 & 2

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A modular agenda

APPLIED TO YOUR BUSINESS

APPLIED TO THE BUSINESS

Technology tends to come in waves, economic trends move in cycles and new values follow a more emergent pattern.

A network has key design principles such as being decentralized and high granularity, Circular economy demands thinking in more loops and allowing upstream flows.

SEE THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF CHANGE

The most frequently asked question: Can you really achieve all this in one day?

Yes, we can! These sessions are focussed on achieving an open mindset on possible future disruptions and shifts. The sessions are intense and we achieve to get one or more mindshifts per session; when you see 'it' you can't unsee it anymore. We will explore all scenario's with an open mind, like an anthropologist of the future.

Our unique approach is focussed on seeing the underlying patterns, principles and super-stucture of change. Systems thinking is an effective approach for tackling complex, interdependent challenges that characterize our modern world. Instead of looking at individual aspects of a problem, our approach looks at how different parts of a system interact. This kind of pattern recognition will be a backbone for your future vision, it allows to rapidly see the essence and hidden connections of change.

Seeing the difference is not yet making a difference. That requires a new 21-ready toolset and skillset, and thus also some behavioral change. To (un)learn new skills and train new habits takes time and frequency. To do so, you can check-out our add-on thematic sessions, online training or weekly challenges.