Strategic Foresight
Business leaders must find new ways forward in the face of uncertainty, adapting to changing regulatory environments, a reimagining of the future of work, AI & emerging technology, and ever-evolving customer expectations.
Strategic Foresight provides a practical, scalable toolkit for forces & trends and anticipating their longer-term impact to your strategy. The Foresight Mindset ™ empowers your teams & leaders to manage risk and confidently make decisions in dynamic and uncertain environments.
Ramy Nassar is an author and award-winning keynote speaker & facilitator who helps organizations think strategic about the positive and negative disruptors that will impact their business in the years to come.
Strategic Foresight drives crucial outcomes for growing organizations in a time of unprecedented disruption
Improved Decision-Making
Strategic foresight provides leaders with a comprehensive view of possible future scenarios, enabling them to make informed decisions that are aligned with long-term strategic goals.
Enhanced Innovation
Foresight activities encourage innovation by exploring future trends, emerging technologies, and new business models. Teams can proactively adapt and respond to new developments, thereby maintaining a competitive advantage.
Increased Resilience
Strategic foresight helps organizations build resilience by identifying potential risks and opportunities, and developing strategies to mitigate the risks and capitalize on the opportunities.
Better Resource Allocation
Establishing a shared, long-term view of the future, organizations can better allocate their resources and investments, and avoid short-term or reactive decision-making that can undermine long-term strategic objectives.
Improved Communication and Collaboration
Foresight activities require cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement, which improves communication and alignment among different departments and teams within an organization.
Rob Fodor, Chief Data Officer, Interac
Ramy’s energy & expertise when it comes to the role of emerging technology are unrivaled. He brought a passion & enthusiasm to my team that helped drive us to new heights in terms of data-driven digital transformation.
Our offerings
Keynote Presentations
Keynotes are dynamic and interactive, challenging participants to think critically about their organization and providing practical tools & approaches that they can use coming out of the presentation.
Presentations range from 20-60 minutes and can be delivered virtually or in-person.
Best for: Large groups who are exploring new approaches and want to empower attendees to take a longer-term view of their world.
Outcomes: Participants will be equipped to make better decisions that are aligned with strategic goals, understand local and global shifts (e.g., impacts of economic growth, climate change, and changing consumer expectations), and uncover opportunities related to AI & emerging tech.
Workshops
The most effective way to introduce Strategic Foresight is by applying our tools & methods directly to your real organizational problems through live workshops.
Workshops are typically scheduled as 2 - 4 online sessions or ½ - 2 days in-person.
Best for: teams and working groups up to 30 people with a defined goal or focused on building out a longer-term strategic vision or plan.
Outcomes: Participants will learn how to apply Strategic Foresight principles for real world problem solving using tools like Janus Cones, Generational Arcs, WIN Framework, and Strategy Backcasting. Participants receive a post-workshop toolkit with access to all the tools & templates introduced.
Foresight Discovery Engagement
In a Discovery Engagement, our world-class Foresight group into your team for a series of Sprints. These Sprints integrate Strategic Foresight into participants’ way of thinking and working as we advance a meaningful project or goal together. Discovery Engagements typically run 4-8 weeks with 1-3 working sessions per week.
Best for: teams and working groups with a defined project (e.g. launching a new product or offering, building a new strategic plan, or introducing a new business model, etc.)
Outcomes: Participants will apply Foresight to your roadmap, strategy, or business model through interactive workshops. Final deliverables may include an in-depth Futures Report, Executive / Board-level Insights Presentation, and new Value Proposition Blueprints.
