ABOUT EVENT

30th June, 2011
Grand Millennium Hotel
Sukhumvit (Asoke), Bangkok
2:00 pm To 5:00 pm

FUTURE TENSE

Acquiring the mind of the futurist and applying it to business

Do you understand the science of climate change? What is meant by Peak Oil? Why global food prices are continuing to soar? And what the recent nuclear catastrophe in Japan means for the future of renewable energy? I mean really understand? Dr Richard Hames does. Every day the Asian Institute for Global Futures monitors and interprets major trends like these to help shape government policies, corporate strategies and community leadership.

Did you foresee the meltdown of the US financial market, which led to a global credit squeeze and recession? Richard Hames did. In 2005! Many respected economists and bankers ignored his warnings. But those businesses that took heed of his advice at the time are doing extremely well today.

Have you reflected on how the rise of China and India is already impacting on your business? Do you appreciate how the internet turns business models upside down? Do you understand how collective innovation is opening up entirely new markets? What would your business be like if you had ‘seen’ the unforeseeable? What would you be doing differently if you had already thought about these issues as a possibility?

Unfortunately we no longer live in a world of simple risk. We are in a world of uncertainty that grows more complex every day. And because of that you need strategic foresight. You need to think like a futurist and apply that thinking to your business.

OBJECTIVES:

• In this half-day workshop you will rapidly the basis for acquiring a deeper knowledge of today’s world, interpreting significant trends, and understanding the diverse ways these patterns may interact with one another to create novel opportunities for you and your business
• You will start asking a different set of questions that open up new possibilities and options you had not previously seen
• You will develop a new toolkit to assist you in working with that knowledge and applying it to your business
• You will appreciate the importance of using networks to connect to other minds, sources of knowledge and ways of thinking and knowing

ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Dr Richard Hames is one of the world’s leading futurists. Every day as founding Director of the Asian Institute for Global Futures he helps leaders learn about realities, evaluate emergent dynamics, imagine and model robust alternatives and innovate and execute strategies faster than the speed of change itself. In this half-day workshop Richard will induct you into the world of futures, covering all the bases so that you can start thinking like a futurist immediately. He will show you how you can develop your capability for strategic foresight - imagining and enacting low-cost high-value strategies that can put you and your organisation in the best possible position heading into an uncertain future. He will then take you through a simple, easy-to-learn, method that can help you implement strategies to help your company remain future-proof.

AGENDA:

1. Mind of the futurist: learn to think and act like a futurist
2. Future files: discover how to capture information in ways that are compelling and that help distinguish between possible, probable and desired futures
3. Expected surprises: spot the most important trends that will shape the next 50 years
4. Reinterpreting the present: using the Iceberg model to comprehend what really matters
5. Alternative scenarios: a narrative process for exploring & rehearsing possible futures

For more information on "Future Tense" Master Class please contact us

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