Collaborative Foresight for Teams
Workshop format for collaborative development of future visions and concrete actions.
PURPOSE
Collaborative Foresight for Teams enables groups to jointly develop future visions and derive concrete actions for the present. The method overcomes the usual separation between strategic foresight work and day-to-day operations. It helps teams productively use uncertainties and proactively prepare for various future scenarios.
HOW TO USE
The workshop format guides teams through a structured process from trend analysis through scenario development to deriving concrete actions. First, relevant trends and uncertainties are identified and condensed into future visions. Then these scenarios are analyzed for their implications for the team or organization. Finally, concrete next steps and measures are defined.
WHAT IT IS
Collaborative Foresight for Teams is a workshop format that adapts strategic foresight methods for teamwork. It combines trend analysis, scenario development, and action planning in a practicable workshop flow. The method is designed for teams without prior foresight experience and delivers both shared future visions and a concrete action plan.
EXAMPLE
Example: Your strategy team at an energy utility needs to develop scenarios for the energy transition in 2040. With Collaborative Foresight for Teams, you develop three future visions in a full-day workshop (e.g., decentralized prosumer world, hydrogen breakthrough, regulated transformation) and derive today's investment decisions from them.
WHEN TO USE
PREREQUISITES
- Willingness to sit with uncertainty instead of demanding forecasts
- Skill: Foresight methods
- Skill: Scenario facilitation
⚠️ WATCH OUT
- Future images stay poetry without back-translation into today
- Common mistake: Elaborating only the preferred scenario
- Common mistake: Cutting the backcasting step
💡 SUCCESS FACTORS
- Per scenario: what must we start today, what stop today?