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The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) has unveiled one of the most ambitious and innovative futures-planning initiatives ever undertaken in the learning and skills sector.

Using a unique online survey to gather the wisdom and insights of the entire sector, the Scenario Planning: plan for your future project will enable providers to support cultural change in their organisation, and rise to the challenge of change.
The initiative has been designed to help to improve the sector’s scenario planning culture and to strengthen its organisational resilience.

Paul Calkin of LSIS said: “With this project, LSIS aims to ease the process of actually creating cultural change by enabling organisations to plan more effectively, to reduce and mitigate risks, to understand the drivers of change, to identify the range of choices ahead, and to ensure that their views of the future are aligned with other thinkers in the sector.”
The online tool called The Ideas Bank has been developed by the LSIS Resource Utilisation team. It combines sector-wide ideas and analysis in real-time on a scale that is unachievable by conventional means.
As the process develops and more people contribute, the bank of ideas will grow, creating a comprehensive record of the sector’s perspectives on the future.

Participation in the survey from June 9 to August 14 is anonymous and the data gathered will be used in the second part of the initiative - a series of follow-up seminars, workshops and meetings that enable colleagues to explore the results in a professional dialogue with others.

To get involved in this project follow us on Twitter or watch our video to discover how the programme works or Email mailto:communications @lsis.org.uk

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is a sector-owned and sector-led body driving the development of excellent and sustainable provision in learning and teaching through further education and skills providers. 

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Sue Dakin 02476627964 or 07500608788
Email sue.dakin@lsis.org.uk