For those interested myself and Michael Jackson will be doing a webinar on Horizon Scanning in March. Details below and expect some blogs on the subject shortly. Cognitive Edge is engaged in an exciting project with Shaping Tomorrow (Mike's company) that could transform Horizon Scanning so this a chance to get some early insight.
Ark Group Webinars presents:
Professor Dave Snowden & Dr Michael Jackson on
Protecting your organisation against future uncertainty
A 1 hr 30 min webinar
Thursday 19th March, 4.00 – 5.30 pm
Expert interactive advice delivered direct to your desktop.
PRICE: £145+VAT. Please book me on to this webinar
Combining the discipline of horizon scanning with social computing technology to help your organisation plan for the future
Anticipating and preparing for future challenges, trends and opportunities is always an essential component of any organisation's strategy but, recently, in these times of economic instability and unpredictability, this task seems all the more important and it should be at the top of every leader’s list.
Horizon Scanning is defined by the Government Office for Science as:
'the systematic examination of potential threats, opportunities and likely future developments, including (but not restricted to) those at the margins of current thinking and planning’ and may explore novel and unexpected issues as well as persistent problems or trends.
Now, with the advent of social computing technology, this traditional discipline takes on a new authority.
In this webinar, one of the world’s leading experts in of horizon scanning, Dr Michael Jackson, and one of the world’s leading experts in advanced social computing, Professor Dave Snowden, will come together to explain how these two disciplines can work together to help organisations plan for the future and protect themselves against unexpected threats.
In this talking heads format, bringing to bear their experience of working with three UK government ministries, your webinar leaders will present key examples of the use of horizon scanning combined with social computing in large organisations.
So, when the webinar has concluded, you will be able to take away ideas for using horizon scanning with social computing technology in your own organisation to protect against future uncertainty and exploit upcoming opportunities.
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Who should attend? Chief Executives * Chief Officers * Managing Directors * Managing Partners * Senior Partners * Directors of Risk Management * Risk Managers * Finance Directors…and anyone with a leadership role.
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Comments (3)
Sounds very interesting. Can you specify the time zone for the event?
Posted by Michael Yacavone | January 27, 2009 12:47 PM
Posted on January 27, 2009 12:47
Wow guys, you're going fast. Many higher and high level managers don't know how to switch on their computer, let alone find this announcement, let alone attend a webinar. An email address to post questions about webinars will not work for them, as they wont see it in the first place.
Please keep concentrating on live presentations, underpinned by incidental publications. Talking may seem inefficient and slow, but it works. And once you get the managers in, I mean in the wake of 'ordinary' employee champions who attend your lectures, this'll work even better.
Please don't mess this up! I mean this whole careful and slow and user-friendly process. The stuff you teach is not ready for processing into bits. And the audience you want - and they need you more than ever - is not ready for webinars. What they want is 6 powerpoint bullets. And what they need is understanding. So please concentrate on that. Don't make the mistake of concentrating on tools (as many IT people do), but think of your audience.
Mireille
Posted by Mireille Jansma | January 27, 2009 10:32 PM
Posted on January 27, 2009 22:32
Its GMT zone
I wouldn't panic Mireille, we are keeping up and increasing the number of physical courses. This is an experiment and if it works we will do more on specific subjects. With Webinars I think the secret is to keep them tight.
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January 27, 2009 10:54 PM
Posted on January 27, 2009 22:54