Using Foresight and Scenario Planning To Navigate Uncertainty
- 2 Full Days, 14 Hours -
[ 22-23 April 2026 ]
- St Giles Boulevard Hotel Kuala Lumpur -
✅Build flexible strategies – create plans that can adapt to changing conditions.
✅Develop resilient strategies – ensure that strategies can withstand shocks or unexpected events.
✅Use Scenario Planning- systematically analyse possible future scenarios to guide decision-making.
Scenario Development for a Reinvented Future is a two-day, highly interactive program that focuses more deeply on scenario development itself for richer exploration, sharper analysis, and the creation of well-crafted scenarios. Participants will work through structured data gathering, megatrend identifi cation, trend analysis, and horizon scanning, all of which feed into robust scenario creation.
The learning design:
◼️Blends facilitator input
◼️Group collaboration
◼️Continuous discussion
◼️Hands-on practice
Delegates “learn by doing”, building their data set step by step and using it to craft meaningful scenarios that speak directly to their organisation’s challenges.
- ANALYSE why foresight matters and how core techniques enable future-ready decisions.
- IDENTIFY key megatrends driving change and uncertainty.
- BREAK DOWN trends by analysing, categorising, and interpreting current evidence.
- DEMONSTRATE horizon scanning and integrate signals into meaningful insights.
- SYNTHESISE insights to form a solid base for scenario creation.
- DEVELOP a 2x2 scenario framework built on critical uncertainties.
- CRAFT four plausible, high-impact scenarios using structured prompts.
- DISTINGUISH scenario planning from forecasting and know when each applies.
- APPLY scenarios to strengthen strategic thinking and organisational responses.
Hundreds of hours of research, study, planning and fine tuning go into the production of each of our trainings. Our course developers have looked at your industry’s needs. This course reflects the latest findings and best practices in your field today and addresses issues up-to-the-minute. You will get tools, tips, strategies that are proven and tested against real world situations as you learn from case studies and the experience of our expert trainers. Our trainings are comprehensive, in-depth, and packed with need-to-know information you can use as soon as you return to your workplace.
CUSTOMISED: During the programme, we continuously Collect Feedback from participants to fine-tune the Design and Delivery of training.
ACTIVE: The core of the workshop is a series of Relevant, Authentic, and Engaging 2-Way Communication with Quizzes at the end of each session.
ACCELERATED: Our Trainer keeps the participants totally Absorbed with a unique blend of Expert Presentations, Reflective Discussions, and Creative Activities.
FUNCTIONAL: Our Trainer Walks the Talk. Just by watching our trainer in action, the participants will pick up several effective techniques.
AUTHORITATIVE: Our Trainer teaches based on Sound Theory, Evidence-Based Principles, and Solid Experience.
PRACTICAL: Our Trainer has spent decades in organisational firing lines. Our trainer empowers the participants with Realistic Tools and Techniques for Immediate Use in today's workplace.
ENGAGING: Our Trainer’s Contagious Enthusiasm, Inclusive Humor, and Flexibility make the participants enjoy every moment of the workshop.
Steve Wells is the Director and Founder of Informing Choices Ltd. He is an experienced international speaker, futurist, strategist, and facilitator who delivers thought-provoking keynote presentations, executive education, workshops, and strategic foresight programmes on the future of life, business, and society. He supports organisations in understanding the forces driving innovation, growth, and disruptive change.
His work highlights new thinking and business models enabled by exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, immersive technologies (AR/VR), 3D and 4D printing, the Internet of Things, and hyper-connectivity. Steve also explores the mindset shifts and leadership capabilities required to navigate an increasingly complex future, helping clients make informed choices about the impact of emerging technologies.
Steve is the co-editor and contributing author of seven influential books, including Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 – Navigating the Next Horizon, Aftershocks and Opportunities – Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future, Opportunity at the Edge – Change, Challenge, and Transformation on the Path to 2025, A Very Human Future – Enriching Humanity in a Digitised World, The Future Reinvented – Reimagining Life, Society, and Business, Beyond Genuine Stupidity – Ensuring AI Serves Humanity, and The Future of Business.
He is a regular contributor to the BBC on national and regional television and radio, as well as to international broadcasters, podcasts, and online platforms, sharing insights on emerging technologies and the future of society and business.
Steve previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Fast Future and has worked as an independent strategy consultant, foresight researcher, and Strategy Development Manager at Pfizer UK. In these roles, he partnered closely with C-suite and senior leaders to drive strategic planning and foresight initiatives across organisations.
- C-suite leaders (CEO, CFO, CIO, CHRO) responsible for long-term strategy, enterprise risk, and organisational resilience.
- Chief Operating Officers (COOs) and senior operation leaders managing complexity, continuity and large-scale change.
- Senior Managers and Department Heads involved in strategic planning, transformation, and cross-functional decision-making.
- Strategy, Planning, Innovation, and Transformation Leaders tasked with applying foresight to real-world organisational challenges
Agrobank, Bank Islam, Bank Rakyat, Bank Negara Malaysia, Bank Simpanan Nasional, Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation, Bursa Malaysia, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara, EXIM Bank, Faber Group Berhad, Lembaga Tabung Haji, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering, Maybank, Maybank Investment, MIMOS Berhad, MNRB Holdings Berhad, Petronas Gas Berhad, Petronas Penapisan Melaka, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, Sarawak Plantation Berhad, Swinburne University, Syarikat SESCO Berhad, Tabung Amanah Pekerja Brunei, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Texas Instruments and many more.
