Strategic Foresight Masterclass

Upcoming Session

Wednesday November 19th

Thursday November 20th 2025

Lot Fourteen, Adelaide

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We live in times of extraordinary change.

The SA Futures Agency Strategic Foresight Masterclass is for anyone who wants to build the confidence and capability to make sense of complexity, navigate uncertainty, create strategic, systemic and hopeful responses to the future — individually and collectively.

What You’ll Learn in our Masterclass

What Is Foresight?

An overview and typology of different approaches and philosophies.
Horizon Scanning

How to scan for signals, trends, megatrends and identify critical uncertainties.
Exploratory Scenarios

Explore deductive scenario development using multiple uncertainties and morphological analysis.
Visioning

Co-develop an inspiring, pluralist vision for the South Australia we want in 2050.
From Vision to Strategy

Prioritise vision elements using participatory methods.
Strategic Pathways

Use backcasting to design robust and adaptive strategic pathways.
Adaptive Strategy

Identify “no regrets” actions and conditional strategies to build an adaptive plan that can flex with uncertainty.
The Journey Continues

Wrap up the experience by weaving together everything you’ve learned — and explore how to carry foresight into your everyday work, leadership and decision-making.

Meet Your Instructor

Professor Ariella Helfgott

Professor Ariella Helfgott is a globally respected foresight educator and practitioner. She has taught futures and foresight at the Universities of Oxford and Utrecht, as well as for the Prime Minister’s Office of the United Arab Emirates and the Government of South Australia.

Ariella is currently Director of Foresight and Strategic Learning at the World Energy Council and Program Lead for Foresight and Decision Making at the One Basin Cooperative Research Centre.

Ariella is known for her deeply engaging facilitation style, her ability to turn uncertainty into opportunity and her commitment to empowering people and communities to shape better futures.

SA Futures Agency Masterclass Testimonials

“This masterclass has been a privilege, growing the critical foresight muscles we need in a time when too few have access to such tools. The structured approach we learned is applicable in so many areas involving interrelated complexities, enabling us to think laterally and collectively to identify potential solutions to adapt to a changing future—shifting our vision from plausible breakdowns to hopeful breakthroughs.”

William Van Ausdal

Head of Sustainability
Property, Facilities and Development, Flinders University
"I've just spent the last few days with some incredible Futurists envisioning new and challenging future scenarios for South Australia. Delivered by the wonderful Professor Ariella Helfgott and the team at SA Futures Agency, I left feeling encouraged, hopeful and ready to bring these visions to our creative state. Follow their amazing work and look out for further opportunities to engage in the Strategic Foresight Masterclass in 2026.”

Dr Nathan James Crane
Chair, SA/NT Design Institute of Australia Council, Board Chair, South Australian Fashion Industry Association

Strategic Foresight Masterclass

Next Session

Wednesday November 19th & Thursday November 20th 2025

2 Day Masterclass includes catering.

Location

Stone & Chalk @ Lot Fourteen

North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000.

Pricing

Masterclass is valued at $2,500 AUD (inc. GST) per person.

We endeavour to ensure cost is not a barrier for freelance individuals, community organisations and charities. We can also create bespoke training for your organisation and offer group rates.

Please contact us at hello@safuturesagency.com.au to enquire or reserve your position.