Phase I. Identification of potential changes. Participants will explore potential scenarios based on: Cultural changes; Technical/scientific innovations; Strategic shifts of other key “players”— (e.g., competitors); Modifications in the political/legal environment.
In dialogue, we will agree on a domain and an integration of the above aspects most pertinent for the participants.
Phase II. Delineation/qualification of those changes. Participants will form small groups and will be coached to superimpose each continuum listed below on the scenarios they developed in Phase I:
Continuum A: Incremental change ? Radical change.Continuum B: Likely events ? Unlikely events.
Continuum C: Mild effects ? Drastic effects.
Continuum D: Imminent occurrences ? Far-off occurrences.
Phase III. Creation of strategic responses. In Phase II, participants will have identified multiple “cells” in a multi-dimensional model, each “cell” representing a combination of qualified scenarios. Now they will be guided to utilize at least four creativity-enhancing tools in responding to expected changes implicit in the particular script they choose to address:
1. Visual imagery, “pictures in the mind’s eye.”
2. Consulting with experts not present; the inner “Board of Directors” or an imagined “Hall of Fame.”
3. Sketching/drawing new possibilities.
4. The consideration of opposites (Janusian thinking).

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Keywords

• Changes
• Scenarios
• Creativity

(60 min. Workshop, English)