Foresight Cards
Workshops with the Foresight Cards
The STEEP edition of the Foresight Cards can be used in many ways. Below you’ll find an overview of workshops and games that can be played with the card deck.
Awareness
Expand and challenge your thinking about developments in the external environment.
- Raise awarenessLevel 1
- Knowledge challenge *Level 2
Business Models
Explore and stress-test your business model in a changing environment.
- How does change affect your business model?Level 2
- Stress testing a business model *Level 4
Energizer
Get a group energized and inspired by change in a short session.
- Share inspirationLevel 1
Porter
Gain better insight into market conditions with a five-forces analysis.
- Basic Porter 5-forces analysisLevel 3
Scenario Planning
Find future drivers of change and build scenarios.
- Determine market drivers, innovation opportunities and key uncertainties *Level 3
- Identify key uncertainties for scenario planningLevel 4
Storytelling
Share ideas and build evolving stories about possible futures.
- Share ideas and inspiration through storiesLevel 1
- Create evolving storiesLevel 1
SWOT
Pre-crisis planning, decision making and strategy creation.
- Creating a SWOT analysisLevel 2
System Thinking
Map how external forces connect through feedback loops and dynamics.
- Causal loop diagrams: stress testing internal feedback loopsLevel 4
- System dynamics: playing with dynamicsLevel 4
Workshops with an asterisk (*) are also included in the box (in print) and available in four languages: English, Nederlands, Deutsch and Español. Online you’ll find the latest versions, in all four languages.
Behind each workshop you find the level of difficulty: 1 = no experience necessary, 2 and 3 = you need some practice, 4 and 5 = difficult, you need experience in the field addressed.
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