Workshop Content
The workshop is designed as a natural progression as each exercise or tool builds upon the previous. Facilitators plan to provide a morning and afternoon break, plus one hour for lunch.
| Exercise/Tool | Description | Purpose | Skills practiced |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPACT: Forestry Edition | Strategic foresight serious game | To help imagine and think critically about the future of forestry | Systems thinking
Cause and effect Scenario building |
| Forestry Scenarios | Presentation of three separate plausible future scenarios of relevance to federal forestry | To introduce and practice thinking about the future as multiple alternatives | Long-term perspective
Challenging assumptions |
| Futures Wheels | Mind map that uncovers multiple cause and effect lineages of a future event | To identify changes from the Forestry Scenarios that have indirect, but significant, impacts on the organization | Cause and effect
Long-term perspective |
| Discoveries Worksheet | Form used to highlight long-term challenges, strengths, opportunities, and risks | To reveal how changes from the Futures Wheels could impact the organization, your team, and yourself | Diversity and inclusion
Risk management Leveraging opportunities |
| Strategic Approach & Guideposts | Group discussion of typical strategies used to approach multiple scenarios | To choose a method of action based on Discoveries Worksheet output | Strategic planning
Strategic performance |
| Backcasting | Reverse chronological assessment of steps needed to accomplish Strategic Approach | To itemize and prioritize strategies to overcome internal challenges and leverage opportunities | Future direction outline
Leveraging opportunities |