Duration
The completion time for our mini MBA is 8 Weeks, but flexibly paced. The earlier you finish, the faster your certificate is issued."
Effort
10-15 hours a week designed to be flexibly integrated into your work schedule
Format
Experiential, learner centered, 100% online, delivering cutting edge strategy education experience
Cost
$300/Full Program
Strategy Foresight: Overview
Facilitated through an international faculty comprised of foresight and futurism scholars, the mini-MBA in Strategic Foresight amplifies the ability of strategists and executives to deliver powerful future-proof strategies. Via a rigorous and interactive co-learning experience, this program will teach you how to incorporate futurism techniques into the strategy development process culminating in the crafting of unconventional exponential strategies to explore, exploit and win the future.
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What You Will LearnThroughout this virtual program, you and your peers will dive into the methodology of design thinking and explore its applications to business strategy. Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, small-group workshops, discussions, and hands-on exercises, you will expand your perspective on strategic issues, discover ways to redesign your organization's strategy, and learn how to apply design thinking to drive and sustain business success.
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Program FormatThe program takes place over eight weeks, with live, synchronous classes most Tuesdays and Thursdays (8:00 AM to 11:45 AM ET, including a 30-minute break), small group discussions for learning and networking, and an optional post-program virtual follow-up session to touch base on your personal and professional implementation. Class sessions will take place via the Zoom platform. You will also have ample opportunity for interaction with faculty and peers inside and outside the class sessions. Collaborative learning is an integral part of the experience. To maximize the benefit for everyone, you are expected to attend every session, complete all assignments, and contribute effectively in the class and in small groups. We advise setting aside a total of 10-12 hours per week for program work in addition to the synchronous class sessions. Throughout this design strategy course, you and your peers will dive into the methodology of design thinking and explore its applications to business strategy. Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, small-group workshops, discussions, and hands-on exercises, you will expand your perspective on strategic issues, discover ways to redesign your organization's strategy, and learn how to apply design thinking to drive and sustain business success.
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Key TopicsUnderstanding the innovation process Gaining a big-picture view of the innovation process Defining creativity and its essential role in innovation Building the foundation and structure for innovation success Exploring human-centered design Identifying and understanding what customers need and want in a product, service, or process Understanding who your target users are and how to reach them Examining techniques for achieving deep customer understanding Discovering areas of opportunity Overcoming barriers to innovation through problem framing Identifying problem frames using webbing, abstract ladders, and strategy frameworks Opening up new paths of thinking, redefining problems, and finding areas of opportunity Generating innovative ideas Exploring new approaches to innovative thinking and techniques for idea generation Examining the tools of Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), including task unification, division, attribute dependency, and inversion Applying methods of structured ideation, such as the Nominal Group Technique, Round Robin, Creative Matrix, and Alternate Worlds Developing concepts Focusing on the critical role that prototyping, experimenting, and iteration play in developing ideas Understanding how failed experiments can reveal new options and lead to better final outcomes Examining methods of prototyping, such as wire framing, body storming, think-aloud testing, and simulation Exploring attribute-value mapping, design heuristics, concept poster, rose-thorn-bud, and critique
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Your Individual ProjectUpon acceptance into Reimagining Strategy, you will be asked to provide a short description of a current strategic problem or challenge facing your organization. Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to work on a strategy to address this issue and seek input from HBS faculty and peers—a process that can help to clarify the root cause of strategic issues and produce a more effective solution.
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Post-Program Follow-Up SessionThree to four months after the program ends, you can participate in an optional virtual gathering with HBS faculty members and program participants. During this session, you and your peers will have the opportunity to discuss the status of your strategic projects and the implementation challenges you have encountered. You will share and receive feedback from faculty and peers as you rethink your strategic approach.
Strategy Foresight: Modules
A learner-focused Strategic Foresight curriculum designed to exponentially take learners from zero to hero!
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What You Will LearnThroughout this virtual program, you and your peers will dive into the methodology of design thinking and explore its applications to business strategy. Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, small-group workshops, discussions, and hands-on exercises, you will expand your perspective on strategic issues, discover ways to redesign your organization's strategy, and learn how to apply design thinking to drive and sustain business success.
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Program FormatThe program takes place over eight weeks, with live, synchronous classes most Tuesdays and Thursdays (8:00 AM to 11:45 AM ET, including a 30-minute break), small group discussions for learning and networking, and an optional post-program virtual follow-up session to touch base on your personal and professional implementation. Class sessions will take place via the Zoom platform. You will also have ample opportunity for interaction with faculty and peers inside and outside the class sessions. Collaborative learning is an integral part of the experience. To maximize the benefit for everyone, you are expected to attend every session, complete all assignments, and contribute effectively in the class and in small groups. We advise setting aside a total of 10-12 hours per week for program work in addition to the synchronous class sessions. Throughout this design strategy course, you and your peers will dive into the methodology of design thinking and explore its applications to business strategy. Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, small-group workshops, discussions, and hands-on exercises, you will expand your perspective on strategic issues, discover ways to redesign your organization's strategy, and learn how to apply design thinking to drive and sustain business success.
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Key TopicsUnderstanding the innovation process Gaining a big-picture view of the innovation process Defining creativity and its essential role in innovation Building the foundation and structure for innovation success Exploring human-centered design Identifying and understanding what customers need and want in a product, service, or process Understanding who your target users are and how to reach them Examining techniques for achieving deep customer understanding Discovering areas of opportunity Overcoming barriers to innovation through problem framing Identifying problem frames using webbing, abstract ladders, and strategy frameworks Opening up new paths of thinking, redefining problems, and finding areas of opportunity Generating innovative ideas Exploring new approaches to innovative thinking and techniques for idea generation Examining the tools of Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), including task unification, division, attribute dependency, and inversion Applying methods of structured ideation, such as the Nominal Group Technique, Round Robin, Creative Matrix, and Alternate Worlds Developing concepts Focusing on the critical role that prototyping, experimenting, and iteration play in developing ideas Understanding how failed experiments can reveal new options and lead to better final outcomes Examining methods of prototyping, such as wire framing, body storming, think-aloud testing, and simulation Exploring attribute-value mapping, design heuristics, concept poster, rose-thorn-bud, and critique
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Your Individual ProjectUpon acceptance into Reimagining Strategy, you will be asked to provide a short description of a current strategic problem or challenge facing your organization. Throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to work on a strategy to address this issue and seek input from HBS faculty and peers—a process that can help to clarify the root cause of strategic issues and produce a more effective solution.
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Post-Program Follow-Up SessionThree to four months after the program ends, you can participate in an optional virtual gathering with HBS faculty members and program participants. During this session, you and your peers will have the opportunity to discuss the status of your strategic projects and the implementation challenges you have encountered. You will share and receive feedback from faculty and peers as you rethink your strategic approach.
Obtain ready-to-deploy skills
Industry-driven, evidence-based, collaborative and future-proof Strategic Foresight skills
Stratworth's Mini-MBA in Strategic Foresight is carefully designed for current and aspiring business professionals occupying or aspiring to strategic roles. Irrespective of your goal: transitioning between roles, career advancement or new venture creation, you'll learn how to deploy foresight in the development of innovative business strategies as well as the crafting of an effective exponential and future-proof strategy for your organization. The development of this mini MBA specialization was predicated on our analysis of over over 2 million strategy jobs, and an extensive survey of strategy experts, scholars and consultants - including strategy practitioners from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Accenture, MTN, Pepsi, Costco and Starbucks.
Skills Highlight
Trend Identification
Scenario Development
Trend Analysis
Scenario-driven Strategy
Framing the Future
Implications Analysis
Scanning Horizons
Strategic Options
Design Future-Proof Strategies with Foresight
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Deploy knowledge acquired through your Stratworth Mini-MBA in Strategic Foresight to develop future-proof strategies
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Your Mini-MBA in Strategic Foresight affords you mastery of futurism skills like Scenario development
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Stand out among peers with a competitive edge in futuristic hard skills like AI-aided mega trend analysis
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Demonstrate confident strategic leadership! Make superior strategic decisions and design effective future-proof strategies for your organization
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Join a network of global strategy professionals and aspiring strategy professionals from over 30 countries
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Earn a Mini-MBA alongside digital badges of achievement
Meet The Faculty
Cutting edge learning experience delivered by a global faculty comprising practicioners and scholars
Larry Placeholder
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Stratworth University Unit|Facilitation
Area|Strategic Management
Affiliation|Girne American University, Cyprus
Liza Cranberry
Professor of Strategic Management
Stratworth University Unit|Associate Faculty
Area|Strategic Management
Affiliation|University of Edinburgh, UK
John Wilberfox
Professor of Strategic Management
Stratworth University Unit|Associate Faculty
Area|Strategic Management
Affiliation|University of Miami, USA