Learning Programs
core workshop
Setting the Digital Context
Designing Your Digital Future
Prepare for the uncertain digital future and design a future that’s beneficial for your organization
Businesses today face unprecedented challenges and opportunities brought forth by emerging digital technologies, such as cloud computing, internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and quantum technologies. To prepare for a rapidly evolving digital future, it is crucial for leaders to adopt strategic foresight techniques that enable them to anticipate, adapt, and thrive in the face of uncertainty.
This interactive workshop will equip your team with the essential tools and skills to navigate ambiguity, capitalize on digital technologies, and chart forward a preferable digital future.
key objectives
Strengthen your strategic foresight capabilities
Access foresight tools and frameworks to make well- informed decisions in the face of volatility. Learn how to analyze complex systems, identify emerging trends, and recognize hidden patterns that significantly impact your organization.
Plan for potential digital future scenarios
Explore a range of plausible outcomes based on technology drivers and shifts in customer needs. Construct robust future scenarios, decide how to prioritize pathways, and determine a proactive response, balancing risk with reward.
Create a concrete plan to manifest a preferable future
Strategically position your organization to seize new digital transformation opportunities. Collaboratively chart out a compelling vision and strategic roadmap for achieving a preferable digital future.
Sample Agenda
Through hands-on exercises, participants will gain the foresight skills needed to build towards opportunities that arise in an ever- changing digital landscape.
| Pre-Work: Don’t Predict the Future, Make It |
| Presentation: Digital Drivers Changing Business |
| Activity: Ideate on Potential Futures |
| Activity: Prioritize your Preferable Future |
| Activity: Backcast to the Present |
| Debrief: Share Out & Discuss |
Actionable Outcome
Strategic Digital Forecast
Analysis of digital trends to understand their potential implications on the future of your business
Preferable Future North Star
Alignment around how to optimize for the future with specific actions your organization can manifest today
Informed by the research of:
Professor Shikhar Ghosh
Professor of Management Practice
D^3 Associate
Reinvent Your Digital Future
Ready to Transform? Schedule an introductory call with our Alliances team: d3_alliances@harvard.edu