FACILITATOR:
Dr Keith Nurse
President, College of Science Technology and Applied Arts Trinidad and Tobago
Masterclass
FACILITATOR:
Strategic Leadership Workshop: Cultural Managers & Policy Makers in the Creative Economy
14:30 - 16:00
5 November 2025
Level 01 South Breakaway 2
Key Workshop Objectives
- Strengthen strategic leadership skills tailored to the creative and digital economy.
- Design of sector strategies collaboration between cultural institutions and policymakers.
- Develop actionable strategies and critical success factors for aligned with cultural policy and creative industry growth.
Key Workshop Objectives
- Policy Innovation: Tools for designing adaptive and inclusive creative industries policies.
- Leadership for Change: Managing transformation, diversity, and digital economy transitions.
- Collaboration & Ecosystem Building: Public-private partnerships, industry networks and advocacy.
Limited spots available.
South African Cultural Observatory Masterclass
09:30 - 14:00
6 November 2025
Sunsquare Cape Town City Bowl
MASTERCLASS OUTLINE
The Masterclass will be aimed at creative entrepreneurs, to introduce them to and capacitate them in undertaking foresighting within the creative sector.
Foresighting in the creative sector involves using strategic foresight to explore and anticipate future trends, challenges, and opportunities to inform decision-making and foster innovation. It helps creative organizations and individuals go beyond prediction to actively shape their future by developing strategies robust across multiple plausible scenarios, from technology and economic shifts to evolving consumer tastes and social goals.
This Masterclass by Dr Nurse will help attendees shift their way of thinking about how to develop a proposal and understand their value proposition.
The Masterclass will use a number of case studies to group work to effectively demonstrate the techniques, which will allow attendees to apply the knowledge to their own projects in future.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
- Gain an understanding of what foresighting in the creative sector involves
- Learn how to identify trends and anticipate future shifts
- Practically apply actionable strategies using methods like scenario planning
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
| TIME | SESSION TITLE |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Arrival and Registration |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome Address & Overview of the Day |
| 10:10 - 11:30 | Introduction to fore sighting and how it applies to the sector |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Tea Break |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Case studies and scenario planning |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH BREAK AND NETWORKING Catered on-site for in-person participants |