Our aim is to develop a tailored education program with the objective of leading to International Certified Future Strategist (ICFS) and a new job category in Europe. The programme is run by business professionals from five European countries with more than 15 years of experience each in the fields of future studies and strategy.
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Dates for the course of 2025

The dates for the 2025 course are: Module 1: 30-31 January 2025 (on-site Stockholm)Module 2: 6-7 March 2025 (online)Module 3: 3-4 April 2025 (online)Module 4: 8-9 May 2025 (on-site Stockholm)Module 5: 5 June 2025 (online) Please contact Course Manager Nina Al-Ghussein Norrman for more information or an application.

“The ICFS training is definitely recommended!” 

The end of June saw the successful conclusion of the 2023 course. 14 budding Future Strategists left to implement their insights and knowledge in their organisations, ranging from Mattel Inc. via a Swiss consultancy to the Finnish Tax Administration. We welcome them in our alumni group of 80+ Future Strategists, with our own LinkedIn community,...

SUCCESSFUL HYBRID ICFS REUNION

Around 40 ICFS alumni met up in a hybrid reunion on 3 September 2021. Some 15 joined on-site and about 25 on-line, from Mexico, USA, several European countries, and Hong Kong – a truly international meeting – and it was so good to see everybody again! We took part of interesting presentations from some of...
COURSE DATES FOR ICFS 2025 RELEASED

COURSE DATES FOR ICFS 2025 RELEASED

The International Certified Future Strategist programme runs over nine days, in five modules, of which three are online and two on-site in Stockholm. The ICFS covers step-by-step the theory and practice of futures thinking and strategy development. The course ensures you understand how to link future with strategy and action; how to enhance your strategic...

DIPLOMA PRESENTATION

In these times of Corona pandemic, it was an extra occasion to present Annika Grenz with her certification, in person. Annika had the possibility to visit the office of Kairos Future on 24 September, to get the physical proof of her certification. Congratulations Annika!

NEW MODULE AND NEW PROCEDURES

The 2020 edition of ICFS took new turns as the pandemic spread across the globe. At the end of Module 2, some participants realized they had to leave Stockholm in advance in order to get back to their home countries. At the same time we realized we had to change schedule. So Module 3 and...

EXPERIENCES FROM ICFS PARTICIPANTS

Some of our participants in the 2019 ICFS share their experiences with the program:

WHAT DOES A FUTURE STRATEGIST LOOK LIKE?

The ICFS 2019 has come to an end. 13 dedicated participants discussed and worked diligently on future and strategy. One of our participants, Didem Gürdür shared her views on what a Future Strategist is, and we happily share her thoughts. Read more here!

INTERVIEW NONDAS CHRISTOPHILOPOULOS

Epaminondas “Nondas” Christophilopoulos of PRAXI/FORTH & Phemonoe Lab, Greec, has both been part of developing the ICFS program and one of the first to be certified as International Certified Future Strategist. Since then he has developed and deepened his understanding and expertise for scenario planning and future studies. In September 2018 ha also achieved his...
WELCOME TO BECOME A FUTURE STRATEGIST!

WELCOME TO BECOME A FUTURE STRATEGIST!

THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED FUTURE STRATEGIST GROWS

Endurance and perseverance is key to success. Despite much hard work and many interruptions, Roger Sundberg of the Swedish Transport Agency didn’t give up. He has now presented a very good home assignment on the topic of the future of connected vehicles. We were happy to send him his diploma and certification on 1st October...

2017 ICFS COURSE TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials from the international participants who completed the 2017 ICFS course in Stockholm together with some figures about their background. ”As far as I know the ICFS course is unique – there are no other similar courses in the market.”   ”The particular strengths of the course are its international participants from different business areas,...