🎯 Course Description:
This 5‑day course teaches how to anticipate, assess, and manage strategic risks, including scenario planning, strategic flexibility, and resilience. Participants will explore tools to prepare for uncertainty and build adaptive strategies.
👥 Who Should Attend:
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Strategy, risk, and planning functions
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Senior executives and leaders
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Business continuity and resilience officers
🗓️ Day 1: Foundations of Strategic Risk
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome, Overview, Introductions |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | What is Strategic Risk? Types & Scope |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Risk Assessment Tools & Frameworks |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Risk Mapping & Prioritization |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Workshop: Map risks for your organization |
🗓️ Day 2: Scenario Planning & Strategic Foresight
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Introduction to Scenario Planning |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Building Scenarios for Strategic Decision Making |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Trend & Wild Card Analysis |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Case Study: Scenario planning in volatile industries |
🗓️ Day 3: Mitigation Strategies & Flexibility
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Risk Mitigation Techniques – Avoid, Transfer, Accept |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Building Strategic Flexibility & Adaptive Capabilities |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Resilience & Crisis‑Ready Strategy |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Workshop: Creating a risk mitigation & response plan |
🗓️ Day 4: Embedding Risk Management in Strategy
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Governance & Risk Culture |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Risk Monitoring & Early Warning Systems |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Strategic Options & Contingency Planning |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Case Study: Organization that successfully managed strategic shocks |
🗓️ Day 5: Strategy under Uncertainty
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Adaptive Strategy & Dynamic Environments |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Tools for Monitoring and Revising Strategy |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 03:00 | Building Strategic Resilience & Long‑term Sustainability |
| 03:00 – 03:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:15 – 04:30 | Final Q&A, Scenario Presentations, Feedback & Certificates |
📂 Course Materials Provided:
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Risk assessment templates & tools
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Scenario planning frameworks
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Resilience & mitigation playbooks
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Governance & risk culture guidelines
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Strategy revision & monitoring checklists
