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Written by Jan Lee Martin   
Thursday, 05 January 2006

WANT  TO  BE  A  PROFESSIONAL  FUTURIST?
2006 Masters of Strategic Foresight course at Swinburne University

"Strategic foresight will be a cornerstone of
organisational success in the early 21st century."
What is it? 
Strategic foresight is the ability to create and maintain high-quality forward views and to use the insights that arise in organisationally useful ways.  Organisations equipped with an effective foresight capability will be better able to understand, and respond to, emerging threats and opportunities.   

Why is it significant?
Foresight can check and ‘refresh' strategy. Strategy seeks the best way to get from here to there. But what if ‘there' isn't where you really ought to be?   Strategic foresight challenges assumptions that may be embedded in corporate cultures, brings into play a range of creative resources, methods, options and strategies that are otherwise untapped. 

Who takes the Strategic Foresight Masters?
The program attracts people who have completed first degrees, who generally have a good deal of work experience and who are looking for an innovative 21st century specialisation.  It appeals to those currently working in a range of forward-looking roles such as sustainability; strategy; triple bottom line implementation, measurement and reporting; corporate social responsibility; ethics; culture change; values consulting and foresight functions in public and private sector organisations.

Feedback on the course has been overwhelmingly positive since the first intake in 2001: see http://www.swin.edu.au/afi/students/testimonials.htm. Applications for 2006 are now being received.   More information is available at
http://www.swin.edu.au/agse/courses/foresight/index.htm

 

 
 
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