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Schulich School of Business at York University 
416-736-5079 Futureproof Your Organization
Build Strategic Agility and Lead with Resilience.
Move beyond reactive leadership with the tools to anticipate change, influence adoption, and unlock innovation traction. In this 3-day program, you’ll explore strategic foresight, entrepreneurial behaviours, and persuasive communication to futureproof your organization from both offense and defense. Learn to lead with clarity in complex environments—and turn vision into impact through storytelling and data visualization.
Futureproof Your Organization
December 12, 2025
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- Futureproof Your Organization
Drive Innovation and
Navigate Change with Confidence
Take this program alongside Strategic Innovation and Creative Leadership and Unleashing Innovative Momentum to earn the Masters Certificate in Innovation Leadership.
This program equips you with practical, future-focused tools to tackle today’s challenges and tomorrow’s uncertainty. Through design thinking and creative problem-solving, you’ll learn to anticipate trends, uncover emerging risks, and respond with agility using strategic decision-making and user-centered thinking. Strengthen your leadership skills, enhance your emotional and cultural intelligence, and apply change management strategies to drive lasting impact. You’ll also build an entrepreneurial mindset to reimagine products, services, and processes—collaborating across teams, inspiring others through persuasion and influence, and cultivating a culture of creativity and innovation that sustains momentum across your organization.
Get Training in Marketable Skills
Design Thinking
Collaboration
Creativity & Innovation
Leadership Skills
Change Management
Creative Thinking
Strategic Decision Making
Emotional & Cultural Intelligence
Persuasion & Influence
4 Reasons to Enrol
Strategic Learning for Busy Professionals
This 3-day intensive program delivers actionable tools in strategic foresight, influence, and innovation traction—so you can make an immediate impact without stepping away from your day-to-day responsibilities
Lead the Future of Work
Develop sought-after skills in futureproofing, entrepreneurial thinking, and storytelling. Position yourself as a resilient, forward-thinking leader ready to guide your team through uncertainty and change
Learn from the Pros
Train with Schulich ExecEd’s award-winning faculty—recognized innovation practitioners and thought leaders with real-world experience in strategy, transformation, and leadership.
Accelerate Your Career with Confidence
Gain the skills, tools, and mindset to lead with purpose, influence stakeholders, and unlock new opportunities. Whether advancing in your current role or exploring a new path, this program sets you up for long-term success.
Who Will Benefit
Strategists
Develop the ability to identify and capitalize on emerging trends, using strategic foresight to position their organization ahead of the competition.
Mid-Career Leaders
Learn to foster a culture of innovation and drive creative solutions to business challenges. Ideal for managers and senior managers.
Senior Leaders
Gain the skills to lead enterprise-wide innovation initiatives, cultivating resilience and adaptability within their organizations.
Program Overview
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Learn the tools for futureproofing and innovation. Equip yourself with powerful strategic foresight tools to anticipate future trends and challenges. Gain the skills to analyze potential futures and prepare your organization to navigate uncertainties effectively. Explore various strategic foresight methodologies and learn how to apply them to ensure your organization remains resilient and adaptive in a rapidly changing environment.
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Be equipped with an entrepreneurial mindset and persuasion skills. Delve into the characteristics and behaviors of successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset to drive innovation and navigate uncertainty effectively. Master the art of influence and persuasion. Gain insights into techniques to garner support and drive the adoption of innovative ideas within your organization.
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Turn great ideas into action. Focus on how to build traction for innovation by communicating with clarity, influencing stakeholders, and sustaining momentum across teams. Learn how to use storytelling and data visualization to inspire alignment, drive adoption, and create lasting organizational impact. You’ll leave with practical strategies to close the loop between innovation and execution—ensuring your ideas don’t just spark interest, but deliver results.
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Fall 2025
Certificate in Futureproof Your Organization
Course Dates Time Strategic Foresight 11/28/2025 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Entrepreneurship 12/5/2025 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Innovation Traction 12/12/2025 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Faculty
What You Get
After completing the program, you'll receive an authentic digital badge from the #1 business school in Canada that employers will recognize.
As more and more companies look for candidates with specific skills, this badge on your CV will be a credible assurance of your achievements and expertise, allowing the right roles to find you faster.
Certificate
Provided upon completing a longer program that may comprise several badges signifying a more extensive skill set.
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