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Foresight Cards: Creating Awareness & Discussion for Future Values

Explore the future of our values through engaging discussions using Foresight Cards. Dive into topics like change, uncertainty, and reliability to spark insights and foresight. Visit foresightcards.com for workshops and card packs.

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Foresight Cards: Creating Awareness & Discussion for Future Values

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  1. - Creatingan awareness discussion - ForesightCards Order the pack of cards or download more free workshops using the Foresight Cards on: www.foresightcards.com

  2. Trendwatching? Foresight cards • Future of “ourvalues” • 5 minute discussionwithyourgroup • How does thisthemedevelopitselfinto the future?

  3. Trendwatching? Foresight cards • Future of “ourvalues” • 5 minute discussionwithyourprojectgroup • How does thisthemedevelopitselfinto • the future? Future of “ourvalues” In yourdiscussionabout the future… - Whichelements are important, whenyou are talkingwitheachotherabout the future? Again, 5 minute discussion

  4. Talking about the future Foresight cards Oil spill • Future events… • Perspective of Time • Perspective of Relevance • Perspective of Reliability of information • Perspective of Uncertainty • Predetermined <-> Controversy • Perspective of Change Trend / Gradual- / Abrupt discontinuity Increased usagedof digitaldevices

  5. Perspective of change Foresight cards

  6. Perspective of change Foresight cards Time, Relevance, Uncertainty, Reliabilityof information andCHANGE:

  7. Our (STEEP) environment Foresight cards PEST, DESTEP, PESTLE, STEEPLE, LESTEP… Macro – contextual level The contextual level consists of ‘global forces’, think about: economical developments, demographics, politics, technological developments and social developments. Foresight Cards – STEEP edition focusses on external forces that address the contextual level. Meso – transactional level The transactional level consists of ‘market forces’, think about: suppliers, supply and demand, distribution, competitors and strategic alliances. Micro – organizational level The organizational level involves forces that address the internal environment of the firm. Think about: vision, mission, strategy, resources, processes, products and services.

  8. Foresight Cards Foresight cards

  9. Foresight cards Playingwithourbeliefsandthinkaboutthe future • Purpose: Creating awareness aboutourown (dominant) thinking. • Components: The card ‘patterns of change’. • Method • Shuffle the cards and deal eachplayerseven cards. • The first playerplaces a card in front of himandtakes the first pattern of change symbol. • The playerspeaks out 2 concrete anddemonstrabledevelopmentsfrom his knowledge, based on the pattern of change. • Ifsuccesful, the playerloses his card, if NOT succesful, he takes a new card from the deck. The old card remains at itsplace. • The next playerchooses a card from his hand andtakes the next pattern of change symbol, • …andspeaks out… (seeboldtextabove) • The first playerto empty his hand has won the game.

  10. Foresight cards Playingwithourbeliefsandthinkabout the future • Purpose: Creating awareness aboutourown (dominant) thinking. • Components: The card ‘patterns of change’. • Method • Shuffle the cards and deal eachplayerseven cards. • The first playerplaces a card in front of himandtakes the first pattern of change symbol. • The playerspeaks out 2 concrete anddemonstrabledevelopmentsfrom his knowledge, based on the pattern of change. • Ifsuccesful, the playerloses his card, if NOT succesful, he takes a new card from the deck. The old card remains at itsplace. • The next playerchooses a card from his hand andtakes the next pattern of change symbol, • …andspeaks out… (seeboldtextabove) • The first playerto empty his hand has won the game. • LEVEL UP:Whenplacing a card, the player has torelate the developmentsto the previous card

  11. Perspective of change Foresight cards “Reflection” - Whatdidyou/we learn?

  12. Foresight Cards information Foresight cards • This analysis tool helps to assess the external macro environment! • The Foresight Cards contains 125 macro forces classified into the STEEP categories (social, technological, economical, environmental and political). Other known acronyms derived from STEEP are: PEST, PESTLE, STEP, STEPJE, STEEPLED, DESTEP and LEPEST. The STEEP acronym is well known and used all over the world as a basis for external analysis. • For example the STEEP cards can be used by individuals and groups to have workshops to: • create awareness about past, current and future changes; • stress test a business model; • create a SWOT analysis; • energize; • tell a story; • discuss certain (strategic) topics; • think about systems and how external developments connect to each other; • determine key-uncertainties to create future scenarios (scenario planning); • etc. etc. etc. • Check the www.foresightcards.com website for more information, to download other workshops and how to order the pack of cards.

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