Industry Programs


We offer several programs in Foresight and Innovation Management that are designed to deliver impact for you and your organization.

As a participant in one of our programs, you will interact with leading experts to learn how to connect multiple innovation cycles and convert a long view into immediate action.

Never simply a repetition of trendy business thinking, our programs teach you how to address specific challenges that are part of what's happening in business today. And we help you frame your strategies in a fresh and memorable way using our unique and powerful methodology.


What You Will Learn

Each workshop has been designed for executives and managers who are leading critical roles in your company’s innovation process – including basic research, applied research, product development, outsourcing, and technology strategy. All Foresight programs are designed to help you decide how to plan and manage your innovation strategies, specifically:


Helps establish innovation as a driver of business value rather than a support function

Clarifies and defines the future of your company's or group's strategy, providing a foundation for medium- and long-term decision making and strategy development

Helps you focus your resources on strategic, differentiating activities for innovation execution

Allows you to identify high-priority opportunities for company growth

Uses advanced methods and analytical frameworks in foresight and innovation planning that you can easily transfer to your company’s regular planning activities

Provides new insights by modeling different scenarios and possibilities with actual data

Helps create consensus and foster radical creativity among key decision makers


Multiple Programs

Several options are available:


One Day Program
In one focused day, participants gain a broad exposure to the foresight process, learn how to apply 2-4 foresight tools, and develop a sample roadmap that they can take back to their respective business units and teams for immediate action.


Two Day Program
In two days, this program provides a highly interactive session with minimal use of presentations in order to hone skills in foresight strategy and innovation management. Participants learn about the key elements of foresight, apply 3-6 foresight tools, and develop several roadmaps that chart long-, mid-, and short-term strategies for innovation and growth.


One Week Program
The one-week program communicates CFI’s research results back to industry and enables deeper interaction and dialogue between participants. The program offers a mix of short lectures and activities to allow participants to learn the complete set of foresight tools, combine and integrate the tools as part of the larger framework, and develop multiple plans that serve as master blueprints for internal action.


Location
We can hold the program on the Stanford campus in the heart of Silicon Valley or offsite at your facility. Programs have been successfully adapted for nonprofit institutions, university groups, and regional organizations.


Past Participants

Participating companies have included:

Next Steps

Please contact us for more information and to confirm your spot in advance. Our team prefers to book only one primary engagement per academic quarter.




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