Family Business: Immersive Educational Speaker Packet

WORKSHOP #1: Our first workshop is all about understanding and deconstructing current perceptions and assumptions about Family Businesses, with focus on the present as well as the future. Refreshed Perspectives

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Create a safe and welcoming environment for sharing unique perspectives on the future.

Establish common language for discussing the future and outlining our approach.

Leverage Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) techniques to expand our thought processes and time horizons in search of forward-thinking solutions to current problems.

WORKSHOP #2: Next, we explore our focal issues with horizon scanning techniques - diving deep into direct and indirect influences to explore the future impact of present circumstances. Visions of the Future

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

Explore horizon scanning through the STEEP framework.

Discuss first, second, and third-order impacts of potential shifts in family businesses.

Shape new perspectives on the importance of plausible and novel changes.

WORKSHOP #3: Lastly, participants are immersed in distinct future-world scenarios to develop action plans for connecting the dots between the world as it is today and the world as we want it to be. Planning for Action

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES

"Pressure test" preferred futures to uncover limitations and misperceptions.

Establish a "preferred" future based on the future-world scenarios from Workshop #2.

Discuss the varied drivers of change and their impact on specific implications.

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