In 2006, Strategic Foresight Group along with Geneva based Horasis group, headed by Dr. Frank-Jurgen Richter, former director of the World Economic Forum, introduced the seminar series Managing Global Challenges. Dr. Richter advises leading business companies on globalisation strategies. He has lived, studied and worked in Asia for almost a decade where he developed and managed European multinationals’ Asia operations. Dr Richter has authored and edited 25 books on global strategy. His most recent books include: Global Future (Wiley, 2005) and China: Enabling a New Era of Changes (Wiley, 2003).
The seminar series is for business and government leaders on the future state of the world, emerging global strategies, dynamics of globalization and sustainability. The seminar provides participants with analytical tools to develop strategic foresight and shows how to redefine their role in today’s fiercely competitive economics. The seminars are conducted as a blend of lectures, case studies and scenario workshops. Each seminar is custom made, focusing on one or more of the issues facing the country at whose request it is conducted to address the specific needs of the client. The seminar series is unique as it draws upon a number of resources not available to the general public. These include:
- Insight from interaction with global leaders
- Multi-disciplinary research laboratory at SFG offices in Mumbai
- Policy exposure of seminar leaders to China, India, the Middle East. Europe and North America
- Combination of ground level experience and sophisticated conceptual tools
- Exposure to decision making in government as well as business.
The Managing Global Challenges Seminar engages the participants in collaborative learning about long term trends and discontinuities facing their countries and sectors.
What is Strategic Foresight?
Strategic Foresight Group has developed an analytical framework to project the futures of countries and regions. This involves the following three steps:
- Identification of drivers, i.e driving forces, which will force a change
- Use of the following tools: trends, discontinuities, forecasts and wild cards with respect to the drivers
- Visualizing alternative scenarios.
The first of its kind took place in Malaysia.
Report on Managing Global Challenges Seminar: Scenarios for Malaysia
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