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July 27-29, 2012 • Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Preconference Courses: July 26-27, 2012 • Professional Members’ Forum: July 30, 2012

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Scouting the Future with the Implications Wheel

portrait of Joel Barker

Joel A. Barker is an educator and futurist with a decades-long dedication to strategic exploration. His books (from Future Edge to Five Regions of the Future), his videos (from The New Business of Paradigms to Vision and Innovation at the Verge), and his powerful strategic exploration tools (from the Implications Wheel to T.I.P.S. Teams and the Strategy Matrix) have defined a new focus of futuring skills, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

James W. Schreier is a Master Trainer for Joel Barker’s Strategic Exploration Tools, including the Implications Wheel and the Strategy Matrix. He has facilitated Implications Wheel workshops for communities, organizations, nonprofit organizations, churches, youth groups, and educational institutions, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA

In this highly experiential workshop, participants will explore a current issue of global significance using the latest version of Joel Barker’s Implications Wheel. Participants, working with the online software in teams, will clarify the issue, generate “first-order” implications, and then scout the possible implications, both positive and negative, using the software’s contributing and scoring features. Finally, participants will evaluate their work, identifying key issues and looking for opportunities to increase the likelihood of positives and address the risks of negatives.

The Implications Wheel experience is designed for a diverse group of participants representing all levels of experience, education, and interests. Based on a “Wisdom of Crowds” approach, the process welcomes experienced “scouts” and curious beginners who want to experience scouting the future of time.

Highlights

Participants will leave this workshop with an understanding of:

  • The key elements of scouting the future.
  • The collaborative process of exploring a particular issue.
  • A process of scoring possible consequences for desirability and likelihood.
  • A methodology for identifying barriers to address undesirable consequences, bridges to increase the likelihood of desirable consequences, and strategies for resolving information needs.

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