AFA uses a variety of services that empower clients to explore
the future they wish to create and to plan for creating that
future. Planning for a preferred future leads to explicit goals
and milestones that reflect the aspirations and values of the
client's vision for the future.
The following list of services may be selected individually
or combined (customized) to meet our clients' needs.
AFA's vision coaching ensures that organizations are truly
creating their "preferred future". We train clients
to become visionary leaders-to develop, articulate and communicate
their vision of success. The benefits of visionary leadership
include improved organizational performance as well as a better
ability to enlist stakeholders and allies. Properly defined,
a vision powerfully directs the future of the company and
focuses the productivity and contribution of its workforce.
| SCENARIO
DEVELOPMENT AND COACHING |
AFA either creates scenarios or guides clients to develop their
own descriptions of how the future might unfold. Scenarios are
designed to systematically explore future challenges and opportunities
while provoking the imagination and raising fundamental questions.
Scenarios provide a greater understanding of complex systems
and a larger capacity for working with uncertainty. Clients
report that scenarios help them "get outside the box"
to confront bad news as well as find creative new approaches.
AFA also uses scenarios to test the strength of visions, assess
the audacity of goals and evaluate strategies as robust or contingent.
AFA assists in developing strategic plans for clients that incorporate
their vision, mission, goals, resource priorities, and action
steps. AFA strategic planning services integrate futures research
(particularly trends, forecasts and scenarios) with operational
planning to assure that the company is pursuing its vision effectively
in light of the changing environment.
| ENVIRONMENTAL
SCANS, TRENDS, AND FORECASTS |
AFA conducts on-going research on demographic and economic trends,
value and attitude shifts and the future of technologies and
futures-thinking techniques. AFA works with our clients to collect
the best available forecasts for relevant topics and to develop
a range of "best guess", "hard times" and
"visionary" forecasts. AFA research is supplemented
by client-specific scanning and forecast development gathered
(internally and externally) via scans of literature, online
searches and expert interviews.
AFA has pioneered the design and application of futures techniques
within organizations. AFA's futures techniques are utilized
by companies that recognize the significance of defining their
vision and creating effective strategies that will motivate
employees, forecast industry environmental changes and identify
opportunities and/or threats in the future.
| OTHER
CONSULTING SERVICES |
AFA offers a wide range of consulting services to help clients
shape their future. AFA's leadership development programs help
corporate executives incorporate change processes, working across
or within divisions and departments. AFA "change agents"
have worked with scientists, clinicians, regulatory affairs
professionals, market researchers, product managers, manufacturing
engineers, and sales representatives. AFA consultants provide
a variety of process and facilitation skills, including use
of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to coach executives
and improve team performance.
| SPEECHES
AND PRESENTATIONS |
AFA futurists provide over 50 speeches, workshops and other
short programs to clients per year. AFA futurists are recognized
experts in the areas of health care and pharmaceuticals, technology,
research and development, quality, regulatory affairs, natural
and built environment, transportation, education, and associations.
AFA presentations emphasize the new leadership skills for the
21st century at work in leading companies. These futures presentations
have proven popular for board meetings, customer conferences,
product launches, and strategic planning retreats.
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