This course equips you with the relevant knowledge about the most essential foresight tools, how these tools can be combined and what it takes to implement them.

You learn about explorative scenarios, horizon scanning, megatrends, Delphi analysis, and wild cards. More importantly, you learn how to make foresight products useful for policy planning, by transforming foresights into strategic foresight.

The course introduces many different foresight tools along the foresight process in the policy cycle and allows you to easily identify and discuss opportunities for practical application.

What you will learn in this course:

• the nature, benefits, and limitations of strategic foresight
• the entire foresight toolbox
• the scenario methodology
• how to use strategic foresight in policy planning and decision making

The two half-day course is led by an expert who has decades of practical experience in Strategic Foresight.

The course combines interactive presentations, practical examples, and group exercises to consolidate the concepts.