CAPABILITY UPGRADE
Disruptive Tech Horizon Scanning & Systems Thinking Mastery for Corporate & SME Growth
The Challenge
Traditional corporate planning often traps organisations in the Innovator’s Dilemma—over-indexing on immediate customer feedback while missing fringe shifts until panic-driven reactions are the only remaining option.
Entire industries are being value-disrupted by fast-moving technologies (like AI), macro drivers, and shifting stakeholder expectations. Without systemic foresight, linear innovation efforts fail to catch faint weak signals early, misread ecosystem dependencies, and leave core revenue vulnerable to external disruption. Leading to Christensen’s classic ‘Innovators Dilemma‘ situation where it is too late to respond to disruption new products and services built upon poorer performing features and functionalities to the current market baseline.
Navigating Uncertainty with Strategic Foresight & Systems Mapping
Build permanent organisational sensing capabilities to track trends, map ecosystem dynamics, model impact scenarios, and de-risk strategic investments.
This 2–3 day hands-on program equips executive teams, strategy leaders, and innovation managers in corporates and SMEs with proven methodologies to map their broader business ecosystem, sense loud and weak technology signals, model causal loop feedback dynamics, and deploy lean experiments—leveraging custom AI horizon scanning tools like our Perplexity workflow to maintain continuous strategic foresight.
Who It’s For
Designed for forward-thinking leadership teams across corporate enterprises and mid-market SME. This program is built for decision-makers navigating complex market shifts, disruptive technology horizons, and systemic ecosystem change.
Core Practitioners:
- Executive Leadership & Board Members needing to future-proof core business models and evaluate high-uncertainty portfolio risks.
- Corporate Innovation & Strategy Directors tasked with de-risking new growth ventures before major capital deployment.
- SME Founders & Managing Directors reorienting business models in response to market or technological disruption.
- R&D, Product, & Transformation Leads looking to adopt modern systems mapping frameworks and continuous AI scanning workflows.
How Does It Work?
Grounded in Double Diamond workshop logic, the program guides teams through an integrated, four-phase transition from macro-horizon analysis to targeted systemic execution to manage ongoing disruption. Over 2–3 intensive days, participants combine visual systems mapping with AI-driven weak signal scanning to identify leverage points, de-risk critical strategic assumptions, and deploy rapid lean experiments.
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Shift from Panic to Proactive Agility: Instead of reacting after value disruption hits, build continuous horizon radar capabilities using AI workflows to detect weak signals, track emerging disruption vectors, and stress-test your business model in real time.
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De-Risk Strategic Pivots: Map causal feedback loops to uncover system leverage points, model impact scenarios, and run rapid 2-to-4-week lean experiments to protect your core revenue while exploring high-growth horizons.
HORIZON SCANNING & SYSTEMS THINKING MASTERY ROADMAP
Module 1: Scoping & Signalling (Zoom-Out Ecosystem & Horizon Sensing)
- Ecosystem & Boundary Mapping: Define wider stakeholder networks, hidden incentives, and system boundaries to identify initial intervention points.
- Weak & Strong Signal Analysis: Distinguish high-impact “loud” trends from faint “weak” signals using specialized trend matrices and scenario building.
Module 2: Systems Mapping & Validation (Zoom-In Causal Dynamics & Lean Experiments)
- Causal Dynamics & Feedback Loops: Map systemic feedback loops, stocks, and value flows to discover leverage points and avoid unintended consequences.
- Lean Experimentation & AI Scanning: Isolate leap-of-faith assumptions, build rapid test plans, and deploy customized AI horizon scanning agents (e.g., Perplexity workflows) for continuous strategic intelligence.
Photo: @Chris Galbraith
What You’ll Achieve
By the end of this mastery programme, your teams will achieve:
- Scoping (Zoom-Out Wider Stakeholders): Broadening system boundaries to map key actors, hidden incentives, and multi-stakeholder value chain relationships.
- Signalling (Weak & Strong Signals): Scanning macro drivers to distinguish faint “weak signals” from dominant, high-impact “loud signals” shaping future horizons.
- Mapping (Zoom-In Systems Mapping): Deep-diving into causal dynamics, feedback loops, value flows, and structural bottlenecks to uncover leverage points for intervention.
- Scanning (Continuous Horizon Scanning): Stress-testing strategic scenarios, running lean experiments on leap-of-faith assumptions, and establishing continuous AI-assisted foresight monitoring.
WORLD LEADING METHODS
Methodology & Toolkits Developed Alongside Wicked Acceleration Labs
Collaborate Remotely
No problem. We can guide and facilitate our programs fully hybrid or in person using some great tools to get the job done. Reach out to learn more.
Let’s Get Going!
Reach Out Below
Reach out to schedule a Strategic Discovery Session. We will analyse the systemic frictions in your current model and identify points required to drive your transition.
