You want to be able to avoid surprise, to foresee and warn about crises, dangers or threats related to politics and geopolitics and thus manage these risks. You want to monitor threats and communicate results at best to decision-makers.
Our courses will practically and step by step help you mastering the analytical and methodological skills as well as the knowledge necessary to achieve these goals.
The available training courses and topics are detailed below.
Our training is designed and developed by Dr Lavoix, who has a PhD in International Politics (Lond SOAS), a MSc in International Politics of Asia (distinction – Lond SOAS) as well as a Master in Finance (ISC Paris – Valedictorian). Furthermore she has specialised in strategic foresight and early warning over the last 16 years. She is also an experienced trainer and lecturer..
The programmes are thus grounded in scientific and academic knowledge and understanding, as well as practical experience of international relations, political and geopolitical analysis and strategic foresight and early warning analysis and processes.
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Strategic Foresight and Early Warning Training Course Programs
Custom-designed training
Do you have specific needs? Do you want a training adapted to your strategy, your aims and your staff, from senior management to analysts?
We create a specific programme in terms of length, periodicity and content according to your activity and staff.
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Courses in English or French
Online courses
We now offer two online courses for Geopolitical Risks, Strategic Foresight and Early Warning for security issues and Crisis Anticipation and one course that may be of interest to everyone.
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Courses in English
Online courses with live seminars
We also offer our online courses with live seminars, according to a schedule to organise together according to availabilities and objectives.
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Seminars in English or French
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All trainings can be delivered in your premises or through Zoom or LMS of your choice, according to location, number of hours and pandemic situation.
Who should take these courses?
These course are more particularly of interest to
General managers of small and medium-sized companies
Senior managers and leaders in public sector and third sector organisations facing disruptive geopolitical and global changes in their environment
Analysts from all sectors, including diplomacy, defense and the military, handling geopolitical threats from war and terrorism to climate change through pandemics.
Students interested in geopolitics and the future
Photos of the pieces of the Lewis Chess – British Museum – by Paul Hudson, CC BY 2.0
Available training courses and topics
| Available Courses | Custom training | Online training |
|---|---|---|
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Introduction to strategic foresight and warning, risk management | ✔ | Course 1 |
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Analytical model, mapping an issue, identifying indicators | ✔ | Course 1 |
| Using social network analysis software for strategic foresight and warning, risk management (variations in usage of software according to course – fundamentals available in each course) | ✔ | Course 1 Course 2 |
| Using Gephi and centrality measures to improve your model/graph and your understanding of an issue (Advanced) | ✔ | |
| Mitigating biases | ✔ | Course 1 Course 3 |
| How to deal with a large amount of information | ✔ | Course 1 Course 2 |
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Influence analysis (for scenarios) | ✔ | Course 2 |
| Scenario building and scenario analysis | ✔ | Course 2 |
| Indicators for scenarios | ✔ | Course 2 |
| Probabilising scenarios | ✔ | Course 2 |
| Scanning and monitoring for warning | ✔ | |
| Finding relevant information and quality of information for monitoring and scanning | ✔ | |
| Design and process of strategic foresight and warning systems | ✔ | |
| Delivery of warning and scenarios | ✔ | Course 2 |
| Other according to your needs | ✔ |
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Some customers and references
Ecole Supérieure des Forces de Sécurité Intérieure (ESFSI), Ministry of Interior, Tunisia, EU project via Civipol ･ Pôle de Sécurité, Ministry of Interior, Tunisia, EU project via Civipol ･ SciencesPo- Paris School of International Affairs (MSc in Security Studies 2015-2020/21) ･ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore (MSc in Strategic Studies (2010 -2011) ･ ACAPS ･ Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) ･ Vesalius College, Belgium (2013-2021) ･ Royal Military Academy, Belgium ･ NORDIS ･ Civil Service College, Singapore ･ LUTHER COLLEGE ･
