About the Masterclass

Join Studio Dojo as we host world-renowned futurists Professor Sohail Inayatullah and Dr. Ivana Milojevic in a transformative Futures Thinking and Strategic Foresight masterclass.

Building on our successful 1-day masterclass in 2024, this interactive course in 2026 is based on the six pillars approach to Futures Studies, created by Professor Sohail Inayatullah.

The 2-day masterclass will consist of presentations, case studies and interactive sessions allowing participants to learn through multiple formats.

Participants will work in teams on questions relevant to their work (for example, the futures of families; ageing and productivity; housing and homelessness; energy) in the next decade.

Through experiencing methods such as the futures triangle, emerging issues analysis, the futures wheel, the Sarkar game, scenario planning, Causal Layered Analysis, visioning and backcasting, participants learn by creating alternative and preferred futures. Case studies are also used to illustrate the methods.

Over the two days, participants will learn about themselves, others, their organisation, and the changing world. They leave with not just insights as to the futures of their topic of concern, but also their own life narratives, and what they need to do In order to realise their personal visions.

What You’ll Learn

1. The Six Pillars approach of working with the future – Mapping, Anticipating, Timing, Deepening, Creating and Transforming.
2. Enhance the effectiveness of long-range planning for executives and managers through the use of appropriate futures methodological tools
3. How methods like emerging issues analysis, the futures wheel and Causal Layered Analysis fit into the Six Pillars Approach
4. How the experiential Sarkar game can reveal the organisational dynamics of your system
5. Understanding and familiarity with methods used to develop alternative futures
6. Capacity to use the future as a tool for strategy and transformation within the organization
7. Greater understanding of self, leadership, and futures

This is for you if you…

• Would like to get an introduction to Futures Thinking
• Are already familiar with Futures and Foresight and would like to deep dive to enrich your own toolbox with a structured and proven approach.
• Are looking to develop new strategies and policies in organisations, institutions and communities.
• Want experienced practitioners to help guide your exploration of your own specific organisational concerns or topics.
• Are curious to learn from two leading figures in the domain of Futures.

About the Trainers

Professor Sohail Inayatullah

A political scientist and futurist, Sohail is the UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at the Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity, IIUM, Malaysia. He is also Professor at Tamkang University, Tamsui and Associate, Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne. He teaches from www.metafutureschool.org where his courses include Become a Futurist and Personal Futures: the CLA of the Self. He is listed in the top two percent of the world’s scientists as measured by the highest impact of citations.

Recent presentations include speeches and workshops for the Australia Police Management Institute, Sydney; Interpol (online); Asian Development Bank, Manila; Futuribles, Paris; the Pakistan Airforce, National Defence University, Islamabad; Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Copenhagen; Logan City Council, Logan; Pearls of Policing, Montreal; the Office of the PM, Government of Australia, Canberra; United Nations Staff College (online); Asia-Pacific Futures Network, Taipei); Studio Dojo, Singapore; Riser Futures, Toronto; Global Association of Neohumanist Educators, Romania; African Brain Health Network, online; Future Days, Lisbon; Queensland Health Cairns; and the Italian Institute for the Future, Naples.

His recent books include:

• Aeon and Mewtronix – A Futures Tale (2024) (In Mandarin, Farsi, Filipino, Urdu, Danish, Serbian)
• CLA 3.0: 30 Years of Transformative Research (2022)
• Infectious Futures (2022)
• The End of the Cow and Other Emerging issues (2022)
• Futures Thinking in Asia and the Pacific: Why Foresight Matters for Policy Makers (2020)
• Asia 2038: Ten Disruptions that Change Everything (2018) (in Mandarin, 2020 and in Korean, 2021)

Dr. Ivana Milojević

Ivana is a researcher, writer, and educator with a transdisciplinary background in sociology, education, gender studies, peace studies, and futures studies. She obtained her PhD in Education from the University of Queensland and has since held academic positions at universities in Australia, Serbia, Taiwan, and the UK. Currently, she serves as the Director of Metafuture, a global think-tank, and Metafuture School, an online platform offering futures-oriented courses.

As a foresight specialist and consultant, she has collaborated with numerous multilateral, governmental, and non-governmental organisations. Through the global foresight think tank Metafuture, she has applied innovative futures tools and action-learning approaches, delivering speeches and workshops worldwide.

Extensively published, her books include:

• The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future (2024)
• CLA 3.0: Thirty Years of Transformative Research and Practice (2022, co-editor);
• Educational Futures: Dominant and Contesting Visions (2005, 2011)

Frequently Asked Questions

• I can’t make it for this date. Is there another run of this masterclass?
  Unfortunately we do not have plans for another run at the moment. Please follow us on our social media (LinkedIn, Instagram) and we will update when it is available.
• Are there group discounts?
  If you are purchasing tickets to this workshop as a group, we will extend the early bird rates to the group.
• Is Studio Dojo GST-registered? 
  The fees for our workshops are nett price, as indicated on our website. Studio Dojo is not GST-registered (yet).
• I’m from a government agency, can you please submit an e-invoice instead?
  Yes, we can! Please contact Zilin at billing@studiodojo.com with the necessary information.