Advanced futures

Refocus, reimagine and reinvigorate your government foresight practice.

The program emphasises deep dialogue, mutual learning, and critical reflection, with a small cohort of trusted peers, close engagement with leading experts and a highly interactive format.

Each instance of Advanced Futures features a different lineup of expert speakers and topics, but typical session topics include:

• Reframing and reimagining foresight in government
• Integrating futures with strategy, policy and decision-making
• Unlocking imagination and creativity in government – how to do it, why it matters
• Building effective futures teams
• Understanding and overcoming resistance to futures
• Communicating futures ideas and insights.

Why enrol?

Participants are invited to explore the deeper purpose of government foresight – asking not just how to do futures work, but what it should be aiming to achieve, and where we should focus our efforts. The program aims to equip participants with a clear, actionable plan for increasing the impact and effectiveness of foresight within their organisation, as well as a broad network of expert foresight practitioners across government.

Who should do it?

This program is designed for practitioners with a solid grasp of futures concepts and methods who are ready to go deeper – beyond tools and techniques – towards systems change, influence, and innovation in public sector foresight. Participants must have completed NSC's Introduction to Futures Analysis training program or a comparable course, or have at least 6 months’ experience in a public sector foresight role.

Speakers

Sessions will be guided by leading Australian and international foresight practitioners who are provocative, insightful, and unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.

Professional development program: for more details or to enrol please email epd.nsc@anu.edu.au.