The Future of Decision-Making: Navigating Uncertainty with Foresight
Charlotte Kemp Overview:
This webinar introduces the mindsets and tools of strategic foresight, tailored for decision-makers. You’ll learn how to detect weak signals, explore plausible futures, and stress-test strategic choices against uncertainty. Whether you're planning for the next quarter or the next decade, foresight empowers you to see beyond the obvious and act with greater clarity, agility, and confidence.
Why you should Attend:
What if your biggest threat isn’t what’s changing but how you make decisions?
Relying on outdated decision-making frameworks could leave your organisation exposed, reactive, or blindsided.
In today’s volatile world, certainty is an illusion, but preparedness is not.
This session reveals how to embrace uncertainty and use foresight to make decisions that are not only informed, but future-fit.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Why Traditional Decision-Making Is Failing
- Examine how old models based on predictability can no longer keep pace with change
- What Is Strategic Foresight and Why It Matters Now
- Discover how foresight helps leaders anticipate disruptions and surface new opportunities
- Practical Foresight Tools for Leaders
- Learn user-friendly techniques like horizon scanning, scenario planning, and backcasting
- From Analysis to Action: Applying Foresight to Strategy
- Explore how to integrate foresight into boardroom decisions, planning cycles, and innovation
- Leading with Clarity Amid Ambiguity
- Develop the mindset to stay grounded and confident when outcomes are uncertain
- Key Outcomes
- Learn practical foresight methods that support strategic decision-making
- Understand how to shift from reactive to anticipatory thinking
- Gain confidence in making high-stakes decisions in uncertain environments
Who Will Benefit:
- Strategy and Planning Executives
- CEOs and Business Leaders
- Innovation and Transformation Officers
- Risk Managers and Scenario Planners
- Consultants and Change Managers
- Board Members and Policy Advisers
Speaker Profile
Charlotte Kemp is a futurist keynote speaker, author, and executive coach, specializing in strategic foresight and futures thinking. With an early career in financial services, Charlotte understands the complexities of banking, risk, and compliance-insights that now inform her work in helping leaders navigate uncertainty and prepare for emerging disruptions.
As the Past President of the Global Speakers Federation and an active member of the Association of Professional Futurists, Charlotte has worked with business leaders across industries to develop future-fit strategies. She is the author of multiple books, including Futures Alchemist, which introduces a practical framework for thinking about the future.
Charlotte’s approach combines scenario planning, ethical foresight, and strategic innovation, equipping executives and teams with the tools to anticipate industry shifts, manage risk, and seize opportunities. Her engaging style and deep expertise make complex futures concepts accessible and actionable.