Scenario Planning Master Class IN Dubai
Uncertainty: it’s no longer a background condition for leaders — it is one of the main elements in your operating environment. Global and regional political issues, demographic trends, technology acceleration, regulatory changes, and sudden shocks such as Covid have repeatedly shown how quickly assumptions about the future can unravel. Yet most companies still plan as if the future will behave itself.
On top of all the other kinds of uncertainty they may face, organizations in the UAE may also be particularly vulnerable to shifting geopolitical winds that affect expat communities with their unique sensitivities, needs, and concerns.
This Scenario Planning Master Class is a focused, 2½-hour session designed for senior leaders who want to learn about a clearer, more disciplined way to think about future change — without prediction, trend-chasing, or abstract theory. Rather than asking “What will happen?”, scenario planning asks a more useful question: “What could happen — and how would we respond?”
During our session together, you will walk through the core logic of scenario planning, exploring a set of practical frameworks used by the leadership teams of organizations around the world. You’ll learn how to assess the various forces shaping your environment, how to recognize which uncertainties are critical in terms of their potential to reshape your future strategic landscape, and how to construct a portfolio of coherent future contexts — “scenarios” — that can help you understand the future better, and make more confident decisions today.
The emphasis throughout is on clarity, process, and practicality, not theory or complexity.
On February 26th, the Master Class will run from 9:30 to 12:00, in recognition of Ramadan schedules. This concise format is ideal for leaders who want meaningful strategic insight in a compact, respectful timeframe — and who value thoughtful, illuminating conversation over long workshops.
Dubai: when and where
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026 - 9:30 to 12:00
Location: Shangri-La Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai
Cost: AED 2,450 per person
Language: English
Who should attend from your company?
This Master Class is designed for senior decision-makers who:
are responsible for strategy, direction, or long-term positioning
operate in environments where uncertainty and change are constant
want a structured way to think about the future without relying on forecasts
value clarity, judgment, and disciplined thinking over theory or hype
prefer compact, high-quality sessions rather than multi-day workshops
Participants typically include C-suite executives, board members, senior managers, and partners from across sectors.
Secure Your Place
This Master Class is designed for a small group of senior leaders to allow for focused discussion and meaningful exchange. Attendance is therefore limited. (If you are considering sending a small leadership group, feel free to get in touch for a tailored proposal.)
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About your Facilitator
Woody Wade is a scenario planning practitioner and author of the new book Your Four Futures. For more than fifteen years, he has led foresight workshops for leadership teams in about 35 countries, helping a wide variety of organizations navigate the uncertainties they are facing.
For the last four years, he has taught scenario planning to students at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Dubai campus as an Adjunct Professor in its Future Foresight Master’s Degree program. In addition to developing this highly-rated post-graduate course, he also launched an online scenario planning course on Udemy which has so far trained over 4,000 learners worldwide.
Based in Switzerland, Woody has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in history and Germanic languages from Indiana University and the University of Hamburg.
Learn how to be ready when the future arrives — in whatever form it may take.