Strategic Foresight
1.00 Credits
Member Price $75
Non-Member Price $89
Overview
In this FutureReady course, Tom Hood explains how Strategic Foresight is crucial to preparing your organization for a future of exponential change. First, he defines Strategic Foresight and shares different ways of applying it. Then, he demonstrates how to prepare for a future that you can’t yet see. And finally, Tom covers different types of innovation and how to apply them to your career and organization.
Highlights
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Aspiring leaders and leaders of teams and organizations
Objectives
- Learn the definition of Strategic Foresight
- Learn the three levels of foresight and how to apply them to your business
- Learn how to prepare for a future that you can't yet see
- Learn different types of innovation and how to apply them to your career and organization
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Elder, Business Learning Institute
Jennifer Elder, CPA, CMA, CIA, CFF, CGMA is an executive coach who helps smart professionals transform from technically talented to strategically savvy. As a keynote speaker and trainer, she has presented her engaging and highly interactive sessions to over 15,000 people in all 50 states and 12 countries. Her clients include Home Depot, Campari, Experian, HP, Capgemini, and Oracle. She started her career in public accounting at a regional firm. She chaired the accounting department at a New Hampshire college and spent 15 years as a CFO in a variety of industries including homebuilding, technology, and insurance. In 2022, she received the Women Who Count award in education by the Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA). In 2018, Jennifer earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). Making her one of only 15 people worldwide who hold both the CPA and CSP designations. CPA Practice Advisor named her one of the Top 25 Women in Accounting in 2018. She received her BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MS in Organizational Management from Antioch University New England. She has been published by the Journal of Accountancy, FM Magazine, the National Association of Home Builders, Triple Pundit, and the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance.
Tom Hood, State Society CEO, Maryland Association of CPAs
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA, is passionate about three areas: leadership, learning and technology. Tom’s recognition and awards reflect his leadership in helping CPAs “shape their future” through his work as CEO at the Maryland Association of CPAs and an executive at the Business Learning Institute, a center for the development of leadership, strategic thinking and collaboration skills for CPAs. Tom was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame (2015) by CPA Practice Advisor. He was named the fourth most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2014 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his tenth time on the list). Linked-in recruited Tom as one of their Top 150 Influencers and he was named to the Top 25 Influencers in Learning by HR Examiner. Tom is a nationally recognized author, speaker and consultant, featured in the Journal of Accountancy, Accounting Today and AccountingWeb. He is also considered as a thought leader in the Association Community speaking at the DigitalNow Conference and the ASAE (American Society of Association Executives). In addition to his history as an association executive and CEO, Tom has experience as a high level executive in industry as past treasurer and CFO of Bryn Awel Corporation, a privately owned $75 million highway construction company. Tom is a graduate of Loyola College (B.A. in Accounting) and has a Master’s in Finance (Real Estate) from Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s equivalent in Information Systems from the University of Baltimore.
Non-Member Price $89
Member Price $75