At a Glance
What You'll Learn
- Recognize the internal filters and "educated incapacity" that prevent leaders from seeing emerging disruption.
- Gain a deep understanding of the future as Abductive, Liminal, Interconnected, Vibrant, and Emergent.
- Master the technical domain through Discover (uncovering biases), Explore (scanning the environment), Map (worldbuilding with scenarios), and Create (translating purpose into daily practice).
- Develop expertise in tools such as the Ladder of Inference, Causal Layered Analysis (CLA), and Narrative Transformation to delve beneath surface-level facts into deep myths and metaphors.
- Embody the Dragonfly Metaphor and holoptic vision to sense and intuit events that are only beginning to emerge.
- Facilitate gamified, participatory strategic planning with the Probability-Impact Matrix and Scenario Fields
The Certified Foresight Practitioner credential reflects this radical shift. As a Certified Foresight Practitioner, you embody a natural approach that is actively shaped through diverse solution pathways, practical experience, and lifelong learning. All kinds of industry leaders are connected in the Certified Foresight Practitioner network, sharing ways they thrive in today’s complex landscape.
Graduates complete XX hours of coursework and applied practice and complete an assessment that together demonstrates understanding of the skillset. Their dynamic Natural Foresight® toolkit embeds strategies, innovations, and initiatives with widely relevant and deeply practical futures intelligence. Certified Foresight Practitioners maintain their credential through specializations, earning badges that acknowledge their unique application of Natural Foresight® principles.
Skills You'll Gain
- Natural Foresight
- Strategic Foresight
- Strategic Analysis
- Quant/Qual Data Analysis
- Systems Thinking
- Natural Foresight
- Strategic Foresight
- Strategic Analysis
- Quant/Qual Data Analysis
- Systems Thinking
Why Pursue the Certified Foresight Practitioner?
- The Guide to Natural Foresight®
