Mapping Opportunities with Foresight
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to apply foresight frameworks to strategy and innovation. Bring a project/problem to the course for this applied learning experience!
This course is popular
3 people enrolled last week.
Mapping Opportunities with Foresight
5 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to apply foresight frameworks to strategy and innovation. Bring a project/problem to the course for this applied learning experience!
This course is popular
3 people enrolled last week.
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Course overview
Knowing how to read signals turns potential threats into creative opportunities.
The beauty of strategic foresight is that it helps you know where to aim your purpose amidst a shifting landscape. In this course you'll learn about the Four Forces of Change—what’s predictable and what’s not—and how to track signals that are important to the future of your business, so you know where to place your bets.
Bring a hunch, a wonder, or a problem to solve for this hands-on learning experience. By the end, your strategy will be sharper and future-ready, no matter what lies ahead. And, for those who're continuing on to Fluency 4: Innovation, your projects will be ready to go!
The Leading Strategy curriculum is grounded in Cecily’s award-winning book, Think Like a Futurist, a proven guide for applying foresight to strategy and innovation in corporate settings. Built on 25 years of success with clients across industries, this course integrates real-world case studies to bring the concepts to life and provide actionable insights for your own strategic challenges.
While not required, reading Think Like a Futurist will offer additional depth and context to the course material.
This is the third of six fluencies in the Lead Like a Futurist program:
Leading Self: Reinvention and Purpose (Timing TBD. Go to leadlikeafuturist.com to join waitlist)
Leading Strategy: Foresight and Innovation (Spring 2025)
Leading Culture: Belonging and Wisdom (Fall 2025)
Learn more at leadlikeafuturist.com.
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DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE!
Register for two or more fluencies within a 24-hour period and save big. Indicate your interest on the application to receive your discount code:
- Two Fluencies: $100 off each course
- Three Fluencies: $125 off each course
- Four Fluencies: $150 off each course
That's 4 for the price of 3!
BONUS: Registering for two or more fluencies grants you access to continued Workroom coaching sessions between courses. This high-value opportunity is exclusively available to those who make this commitment.
CERTIFICATION: Students who complete the full Lead Like a Futurist six-fluency leadership program will be awarded a certificate that verifies their achievement and training. This certificate is suitable for framing, adding to your resume, and showcasing on your LinkedIn profile to highlight your leadership development.
Who is this course for:
01
You are responsible for casting a vision for your team, project, or organization.
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You know that learning about the forces of change will make you a more strategic thinker.
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You are being developed for a greater level of responsibility in your organization.
What you'll get out of this course:
Understand the very nature of change
- Make sense of where we are at this moment in history, and how to navigate from here.
- Expand your capacity to see, then, surf waves of change as they're coming in.
Follow the 4 Forces that shape society
- Recognize how every current trend and issue has its roots in predictable forces below the surface.
- Use this framework with your team to scan for early signals of change that affect your work.
Track what's relevant to your industry
- Craft a foresight-informed business case for next year's strategic plan.
- Anticipate opportunities that are just-right for your projects and organization.
Embed foresight in how you do business
- Use foresight to boost resilience, relevance, and revenue.
- Imagine the power of a change-literate workforce!
This course includes
5 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
In-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
Projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Mapping Opportunities with Foresight
Course syllabus
Week 1
Feb
5
MODULE 1 | Solving for X: a formula to focus strategy
Week 2
Feb
12
MODULE 2 | Forces of Change
Week 3
Feb
19
MODULE 3 | Defining and Pursuing Best Questions
Week 4
Week 5
Mar
5
MODULE 4 | From Hunch to Hypothesis
Week 6
Mar
12
MODULE 5 | Select Experiments for Fluency 4: Innovation
Get Fluent: Six Leadership Fluencies help you move with ease in uneasy times
Leading Self
Master the principles and practices of personal reinvention and purpose, empowering you to guide similar processes within your organization.
Leading Strategy
Use the power of foresight to anticipate opportunities, shape your vision, drive innovation for future relevance, and inspire excitement for change.
Leading Culture
Aligned with your future vision, lead with humility, the courage to do what’s right, and a deep commitment to fostering belonging and embodying wisdom in every decision.
This course is built for busy professionals
4-6 hours per week
If your schedule blows up, we've got you
Asynchronous learning is in the design
- Prework Videos and Readings: Access anytime!
- Recorded Live Sessions: Can’t make it live? Catch up with session recordings.
- Workroom Time on Fridays: A time to dive deeper into the material.
- 1:1 Support Calls: Personalized guidance to keep you aligned and moving forward.
A 5-part series
With a gang of peers
There are five 90-min live sessions that occur on Wednesdays at 9am CST. This time is suited to a variety of timezones, making it friendly to students across the Americas and Europe.
These are the people you've been waiting to meet: thoughtful and passionate—just like you!
Prework and Homework
Up to 2 hours per week
- The Prework will generally be 30 minutes of time or less.
- Expect Homework to take 30-60 minutes each week.
Additionally, we offer two Workrooms (Optional) for group coaching and project work on Fridays, 9am and 3pm
The Workroom Continues
Bonus offering!
Let the lessons take root with real-life coaching between course, where you'll tackle pressures, politics, and decisions in a supportive community.
Available for those registered in 2+ fluencies in 2025.
Action Learning
Bring a future challenge to solve for
Leading Strategy—The Foresight and Innovation fluencies—are project-based courses. The scope is intentionally flexible, allowing you to choose what interests or matters most to you. This approach provides a practical focus as you learn and apply foresight tools and practices.
Meet your instructors
Cecily Sommers
One of the World's Top 50 Female Futurists
With a reputation as "The Practical Futurist," Cecily helps leaders anticipate and steward transformational change. Kicking the futurist-as-guru paradigm to the curb, Cecily embeds foresight in leadership development programs, training them to be their own best futurists. It is how organizations build the culture they need for the future they want. Cecily is the author of Think Like a Futurist, a 2x-TEDx speaker, and a certified Transformational Coach.
Chris Everett
Experience Designer, Facilitator, Coach
Chris creates and guides experiences for individuals and organizations in threshold moments of change. He has an uncanny ability to help top leaders and broader teams see their world and work through a new lens of possibility. It is how organizations see real potential and a path forward. With over three decades in crafting brand expression and strategy, Chris is a master at using beauty as a powerful medium for transformation.
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