FIF Series EP 86 - Integrating Futures Thinking with Strategic Planning

We tackle the persistent gap between foresight activities and strategic planning processes, providing a roadmap for integrating futures thinking with execution plans in ways that enhance both activities.

• Understanding why foresight and strategy remain disconnected: different timeframes, methodological approaches, languages, and organizational structures
• The Three Horizons framework as a powerful bridge between exploration and execution
• Embedding foresight in traditional strategic planning cycles: environmental scanning, vision setting, strategy development, resource allocation, implementation
• Practical integration tools: Strategic Implications Workshops, Wind Tunneling Exercises, Strategic Radars, Portfolio Review Boards
• Real-world case studies from a consumer goods company and healthcare system
• Overcoming common integration challenges like rigid planning processes and lack of leadership buy-in
• Applying these principles to personal strategic planning through annual reviews, quarterly checks, portfolio approaches, and decision filters

Join us next episode as we explore how to design transformation roadmaps, creating clear pathways from your current reality to preferred futures.

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-forward-conversations-with-futurists-innovators-and-big-thinkers/id1736144515

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IOn8PZCMMC04uixlATqoO

Web: https://thinkforward.buzzsprout.com/

Thank you for joining me on this ongoing journey into the future. Until next time, stay curious, and always think forward.