The Foresight Edge: Building Adaptive Strategies for a Resilient Future
Robin Champ | 2025 PDMA Ignite Innovation Summit • September 16, 2025
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"In today’s volatile and rapidly shifting environment, product developers and innovation leaders face unprecedented uncertainty. How can organizations remain resilient and innovative amidst disruptive change? The answer lies in integrating strategic foresight at the front end of innovation.
In this keynote, Robin Champ -VP of Strategic Foresight at LBL Strategies and instructor at Harvard Extension School -will demystify foresight and scenario-based planning as practical tools for innovation professionals. Robin will introduce attendees to essential foresight concepts, including horizon scanning, trends analysis, and scenario development, emphasizing how these techniques can help identify future opportunities and threats before they materialize.
The session will explore critical emerging trends -ranging from AI-driven ecosystems and human enhancement to the quantum revolution, space commercialization, and the future of food. Participants will learn how to anticipate and prepare for change while fostering innovation to strengthen organizational resilience. By the end of the session, attendees will be equipped with a new mindset and practical methods to navigate uncertainty and shape the future rather than be overtaken by it."