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LSLF-510: Strategic Leadership and Foresight Report a Broken Link

In LSLF-510, learners gain a comprehensive understanding of Strategic Foresight, including its application in risk and strategic management through strategic planning. It is particularly suitable for individuals in strategic and risk management roles within organizations or those interested in pursuing such positions. The course content is relevant to various industries, including government, healthcare, finance, and technology, and is appropriate for learners at all career stages.
 

Lesson 1: Strategic Leadership

Reading 1: Schoemaker, P. J., Krupp, S., & Howland, S. (2013). Strategic leadership: The essential skills. Harvard Business Review, 91(1/2), 131–134. http://0-search.ebscohost.com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=84424206&site=eds-live
Reading 2: Samimi, M., Cortes, A. F., Anderson, M. H., & Herrmann, P. (2022). What is strategic leadership? Developing a framework for future research. The Leadership Quarterly, 33(3), 101353. https://0-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101353
Reading 3: Gilad, B. (2004). Chapter 1: Surprise! In Early warning: Using competitive intelligence to anticipate market shifts, control risk, and create powerful strategies (pp. 3–12). Amacom. https://0-ebookcentral-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/lib/athabasca-ebooks/reader.action?docID=243017&ppg=21
Reading 4: Uhl-Bien, M., Marion, R., & McKelvey, B. (2007). Complexity Leadership Theory: Shifting leadership from the industrial age to the knowledge era (pp. 298–318). Leadership Institute Faculty Publications. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/leadershipfacpub/18/
Reading 5: Spears, L. C. (2010). Character and servant leadership: Ten characteristics of effective, caring leaders. Journal of Virtues & Leadership, 1(1), 25–30. https://www.regent.edu/journal/journal-of-virtues-leadership/character-and-servant-leadership-ten-characteristics-of-effective-caring-leaders/

Lesson 2: Strategic Foresight

Reading 6: Government Office for Science. (2017, November). The futures toolkit: Tools for futures thinking and foresight across UK government. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/674209/futures-toolkit-edition-1.pdf
Reading 7: Policy Horizons Canada. (2016). Introduction to foresight: An overview of the Horizons foresight method. Government of Canada. https://horizons.service.canada.ca/resources/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2016-271-overview-eng.pdf
Video 1: Caoili, A. (n.d.). Future scenario planning as an essential tool of management. TEDxMoskovyanSt. https://www.ted.com/talks/arianne_caoili_future_scenario_planning_as_an_essential_tool_of_management

Lesson 3: Horizon Scanning and Issue Identification

Read pages 26–76 of Reading 6.

Lesson 4: Strategic Plan to Address the Possible Future

Reading 8: Harvard Business Review. (2020, July 1). Spotlight series: Emerging from the crisis. https://hbr.org/2020/07/emerging-from-the-crisis.  
Reading 9: Webb, A. (2019, July 30). How to do strategic planning like a futurist. Harvard Business Review, 30, 1–7. https://hbr.org/2019/07/how-to-do-strategic-planning-like-a-futurist
Reading 10: Mukherjee, M., Ramirez, R., & Cuthbertson, R. (2020). Strategic reframing as a multi-level process enabled with scenario research. Long Range Planning, 53(5), 1019233.  
Reading 11: Ramirez, R., & Wilkinson, A. (2014). Rethinking the 2×2 scenario method: Grid or frames? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 86, 254–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.10.020