​The future rarely unfolds the way we expect. Funding models shift. Technologies emerge. Communities change.

Foresight in Practice is a four-session, hands-on introduction to strategic foresight for CSI Members — a practice for exploring what could happen beyond simply guessing, and making decisions that hold up across more than one possible future.

Over four in-person sessions, you’ll work through a real strategic challenge facing your organization and learn practical tools for navigating uncertainty.

The Sessions

• ​Session 1: Wednesday, September 16 — Foresight 101
  What foresight is — and isn’t. Explore real-world examples, get introduced to the tools you’ll use, and choose the strategic challenge you’ll explore.
  Registration: https://luma.com/centrefor-nja3

• ​Session 2: Wednesday, October 7 — Frame & Scan
  Turn your issue into a focused foresight question, then scan for signals of change using the STEEP framework.
  Registration: https://luma.com/3gi14m7u

• ​Session 3: Wednesday, November 4 — Uncertainties & Scenarios
  Cluster signals into drivers, identify critical uncertainties, and build four plausible futures.
  Registration: https://luma.com/nf86khmq

• ​Session 4: Tuesday, December 8 — From Futures to Action
  Test your strategy against each future, then backcast practical actions for the next 12 months.
  Registration: https://luma.com/m7vgm534

​What You’ll Leave With

• ​A clearly framed foresight question based on a real challenge facing your organization

• ​A collection of signals and drivers shaping that issue

• ​Four plausible future scenarios and a strategy tested against them

• ​Practical actions for the next 12 months, plus early-warning indicators to watch

• A simple facilitation kit to run a condensed foresight exercise with your own team

​Who It’s For

​CSI Members facing strategic uncertainty, especially those working in strategy and direction, Innovation and new programs, community engagement, growth and partnerships, product and service design, or leadership and decision-making.

​About the Facilitator

​Yashar Behroozi is a management consultant with 10+ years of experience and founder of PivotPath, an innovation and AI product design studio. He holds an MBA from Leeds University Business School and is currently completing an MDes in Strategic Foresight & Innovation at OCAD University.

Please note, this series is open to CSI Members only.

What are House Nights at CSI? Every Wednesday evening, the CCFE Solutions Salon (suite 501) will be programmed for and by CSI Members with opportunities to discuss, learn, or unwind.

Sessions may look like a community of practice, a book club, a film night, a political discussion or salon, a member happy hour or something else entirely. This program is evolving with member participation and experimentation. Some sessions may be open to the public for a fee. You’ll see sessions programmed through the fall and we’ll be actively filling the calendar for the new year.

Have something you’d like to contribute? Get in touch with Tara!