FUTURE FORESIGHT A scenario-based approach for the Future of Services & Work in the UAE 3 DAYS JOIN THE LEADERS! With the constant change in urban cities, there should definitely be a change in the services offered and work nature.10 years from now services & work in UAE will no longer be the same! Demographics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, telecoms, international competition, Innovation, financial capabilities, economic status and immigration policies will all affect living and working in UAE. RIT Dubai featured ‘3-days workshop’ is design in a scenario-based approach for visualizing alternative futures. The workshop will be facilitated by Woody Wade, internationally recognized expert in scenario planning and an MBA holder from Harvard Business School. Woody Wade is a consultant working with organizations to recognize and understand the critical uncertainties that have the greatest potential to change their future business landscape. He has Conducted scenario genera- tion workshops and spoken at business events in more than 25 countries.
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FUTURE FORESIGHTA scenario-based approach forthe Future of Services & Workin the UAE
3DAYS
JOIN THE LEADERS!W i t h t h e c o n s t a n t c h a n g e i n u r b a n c i t i e s , t h e r e s h o u l d d e f i n i t e l y b e a c h a n g e i n t h e s e r v i c e s o f fe re d a n d w o r k n a t u r e .1 0 y e a r s f ro m n o w s e r v i c e s & w o r k i n U A E w i l l n o l o n g e r b e t h e s a m e ! D e m o g r a p h i c s , A r t i f i c i a l I n t e l l i g e n c e , B i g D a t a , t e l e c o m s , i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n , I n n o v a t i o n , f i n a n c i a l c a p a b i l i t i e s , e c o n o m i c s t a t u s a n d i m m i g r a t i o n p o l i c i e s w i l l a l l a f fe c t l i v i n g a n d w o r k i n g i n U A E . R I T D u b a i fe a t u re d ‘ 3 - d a y s w o r k s h o p’ i s d e s i g n i n a s c e n a r i o - b a s e d a p p ro a c h fo r v i s u a l i z i n g a l t e r n a t i v e f u t u re s .
T h e w o r k s h o p w i l l b e f a c i l i t a t e d b y Wo o d y Wa d e , i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y re c o g n i ze d ex p e r t i n s c e n a r i o p l a n n i n g a n d a n M B A h o l d e r f ro m H a r v a rd B u s i n e s s S c h o o l .
Wo o d y Wa d e i s a c o n s u l t a n t w o r k i n g w i t h o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o re c o g n i ze a n d u n d e r s t a n d t h e c r i t i c a l u n c e r t a i n t i e s t h a t h a v e t h e g r e a t e s t p o t e n t i a l t o c h a n g e t h e i r f u t u re b u s i n e s s l a n d s c a p e . H e h a s C o n d u c t e d s c e n a r i o g e n e ra -t i o n w o r k s h o p s a n d s p o ke n a t b u s i n e s s e v e n t s i n m o r e t h a n 2 5 c o u n t r i e s .
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A w e l l - k n o w n c o m e d i a n o n c e s a i d , “ I ’ m v e r y i n t e re s t e d i n t h e f u t u re , b e c a u s e t h a t ’s w h e re I p l a n t o s p e n d t h e re s t o f m y l i fe . ” I n o r g a n i z a t i o n s , t o o , w e s h o u l d b e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e f u t u re , b e c a u s e i t i s o n l y i n s o m e f u t u re l a n d s c a p e w h e r e a l l t h e d e c i s i o n s w e m a ke t o d a y – i n v e s t m e n t d e c i s i o n s , m a r ke t i n g d e c i s i o n s , o p e ra t i o n a l d e c i s i o n s , a n d e v e n h i r i n g a n d f i r i n g d e c i s i o n s – w i l l p l a y o u t . Ye a r s f ro m n o w, t h e s e d e c i -s i o n s m a y s t i l l b e a f f e c t i n g o u r c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s , a n d t h u s o u r s u c c e s s .
T h e f u t u re , u n fo r t u n a t e l y, i s u n k n o w a b l e . I t w i l l c e r t a i n l y b e d i f fe re n t – o n t h a t w e a l l a g r e e . B u t h o w w i l l i t b e d i f fe re n t ?
S c e n a r i o p l a n n i n g i s a t e c h n i q u e f o r ex p l o r i n g t h e p o s s i b l e c h a n g e s , a n d v i s u a l i z i n g t h e re s u l t s i n p l a u s i -b l e d e t a i l . I t c a n n o t p re d i c t “ t h e” f u t u re , b u t i t a l l o w s y o u t o u n d e r s t a n d h o w a l t e r n a t i v e o u t c o m e s w o u l d b e p o s s i b l e , e a c h o n e p r e s e n t i n g i t s o w n s e t o f s t r a t e g i c o p p o r t u n i t i e s , re q u i re m e n t s a n d t h re a t s .T h i s w o r k s h o p w i l l t a ke y o u t h r o u g h a s c e n a r i o g e n e ra t i o n p ro c e s s f ro m A t o Z , l o o k i n g a t h o w t h e w o r l d o f w o r k m a y e v o l v e o v e r t h e n ex t d e c a d e . I t w i l l a l s o g i v e y o u a m e t h o d o l o g y y o u c a n a p p l y i n y o u r o w n o rg a n i z a t i o n t o fo re s e e h o w y o u r f u t u r e b u s i n e s s l a n d s c a p e c o u l d re a l i s t i c a l l y c h a n g e .
T h i s w o r k s h o p i s m o r e t h a n a “ l e c t u r e” m e a n t t o t e a c h y o u a b o u t t h e p ro c e s s o f s c e n a r i o p l a n n i n g . O v e r t h r e e d a y s , y o u w i l l f o l l o w t h e m e t h o d o l o g y s t e p - b y- s t e p, a c t i v e l y g e n e ra t i n g a p o r t fo l i o o f p l a u s i b l e s c e n a r i o s fo r t h e y e a r 2 0 3 0 .
I n t e ra c t i o n b e t w e e n p a r t i c i p a n t s a l l o w s y o u t o b u i l d o n e a c h o t h e r s’ i n p u t s , i d e a s a n d fe e d b a c k , a n d u l t i m a t e l y p ro d u c e s c e n a r i o s t h a t a r e b e t t e r t h o u g h t - o u t a n d w i t h g re a t e r d e t a i l .T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n t h e w o r k s h o p w i l l l i ke l y h o l d s u c h p o s i t i o n s a s :
Yo u w i l l b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d h o w t h e f u t u r e u n fo l d s , a n d s e e t h a t i t i s a l m o s t c e r t a i n t h a t a l a n d s c a p e w i l l e m e rg e t h a t i s v e r y d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e o n e y o u a re o p e ra t i n g i n t o d a y Yo u w i l l l e a r n w h a t a “d r i v i n g f o r c e” i s i n t h e c o n t ex t o f f u t u re c h a n g e , a n d w h a t d r i v i n g fo rc e s w i l l h a v e a n i m p a c t o n t h e n a t u r e a n d d e l i v e r y o f w o r k i n t h e U A E i n 1 0 y e a r s’ t i m eYo u w i l l l e a r n h o w t o d e t e r m i n e t h e m o s t c r i t i c a l u n c e r t a i n t i e s a f fe c t i n g t h e f u t u re o f w o r k i n t h e U A EYo u w i l l s e e h o w t h e r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e s e c r i t i c a l u n c e r t a i n t i e s d e f i n e s a l o g i c a l f ra m e w o r k o f c o n t ra s t i n g s c e n a r i o s t h a t c o u l d d e v e l o pYo u w i l l v i s u a l i ze t h e s e f u t u r e s c e n a r i o s i n m o re d e t a i l , s p o t t i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d c h a l l e n g e s t h a t y o u , a n d o t h e r o rg a n i z a t i o n s , m a y f a c eYo u w i l l i d e n t i f y t h e w i n n e r s a n d l o s e r s i n e a c h f u t u r e s c e n a r i oYo u w i l l c o m e u p w i t h a “ t o d o” l i s t o f s e n s i b l e a c t i o n s t e p s t h a t a n o rg a n i z a t i o n – w h e t h e r i n t h e p r i v a t e , p u b l i c o r n o n - p ro f i t s e c t o r – c o u l d i m p l e m e n t t o b e p re p a re d fo r e a c h s c e n a r i oYo u w i l l m a s t e r a n e w w a y o f t h i n k i n g t h a t c a n t r u l y c h a n g e t h e w a y y o u d e v e l o p y o u r o w n l o n g - t e r m s t ra t e g i c p l a nL a s t l y, y o u w i l l e n j o y t h e w o r k s h o p f o r i t s h i g h e n e rg y l e v e l , i n t e r a c t i v e l e a r n i n g , a n d n e t w o r k i n g o p p o r-t u n i t i e s !
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