Signature Workshop
Telling the Future
From telling the past well to telling a future people want to build.
About this Workshop
Every organization has a story about where it's going. Too often it lives in a strategy deck no one remembers. When people can't see the future, they can't commit to it, and change becomes something done to them rather than with them.
Day one builds the craft. Participants learn to tell the past well, working with the relationship between storyteller, story and audience and the core elements of character, theme and structure. It's the foundation for everything that follows.
Day two turns the craft forward. Using backcasting, adaptive leadership and visionary imagination, teams picture a future that doesn't yet exist, then work backward to the decisions and steps that bring it to life.
The result is more than new skills. Teams leave with a shared change narrative they built together, a story about where they're going that people can see themselves in, plus a 30-day follow-up session to keep momentum.
Because people don't follow plans. They follow stories they believe in.
Key Takeaways
Learn to tell the past well, the essential foundation for telling a credible future.
Build storytelling craft through experiential practice with real team stories.
Use backcasting to work backward from a vivid future to the steps that create it.
Explore visionary imagination as a practical tool for seeing what data can't predict.
Apply adaptive leadership ideas to help people move through uncertainty.
Build a shared change narrative your whole team helped create.
Discover how to invite participation instead of announcing change from above.
Leave with a story and a plan your team is ready to carry forward.
Length: Two days, plus a 30-day follow-up
Best for: Teams leading change or new strategy
Pairs with: Imagining the Unimaginable
About the Speaker
Jordan Bower: Guide on Your Side
Jordan Bower is a keynote speaker, facilitator and advisor who helps leaders see the future differently. Drawing on 15+ years and work with 200+ organizations, including Autodesk, Mozilla and Rakuten, he turns keynotes into facilitated conversations that blend story, research and live participation, so audiences leave moved to act.
