At SOIF retreats, you will learn about strategic foresight approaches and techniques from world-renowned experts who provide you with practical tools that are ready to use as soon as you leave.
Mixing with representatives of foreign ministries, international institutions, think tanks and leading corporations, you will share perspectives and ways of thinking about the future, while building relationships in an atmosphere of openness and collaboration.
By attending a retreat you will:
- Be able to think differently – and confidently – about the future
- Better understand the consequences of trends and disruptive change for the success or failure of decisions you make today
- Learn strategic foresight techniques and tools to understand, prepare for and shape the future of your organisation
- Gain insights into trends and disrupting factors in demography, technology, values and beliefs, geopolitics, the environment and the economy
- Become an intelligent user and commissioner of strategic foresight
Our Summer retreats are run in the UK one-hour from London. These part-courses, part-conferences were inaugurated in August 2012, and are now an annual fixture.
Regional retreats are a new initiative for SOIF. Our first retreat, Asia Pacific@Hawaii Futures, saw 26 participants and speakers join us in April 2014. If you would be interested in joining a regional retreat, or want to find out more please contact us
Feedback on the SOIF Summer retreats:
“I wanted to thank you once again for the your expert facilitation of SOIF and for bringing together a fantastic set of speakers, faculty and participants. It was a great learning experience for me and I also established some useful contacts which I am now pursuing and which promise to lead to exciting collaborations.”
“Never attended such a good programme; appreciated speakers who stay for the whole event.”
“Excellent participants and speakers covering multiple disciplines.”
“Excellent materials and insights provided, including practical expertise.”
“A good insight into the futures business.”
And the best feedback of all: four follow-on engagements commissioned by participants at the Summer retreats.
