Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Futures and Foresight Workshop
Supporting long-term strategic planning for paper and board industries
The Retail Institute worked with a large paper and board manufacturer to develop an activity to stimulate thought leadership and long-term strategic planning for paper and board industries. The business wanted to engage with a range of its clients and create a platform for practitioners to share challenges and key issues for the future of paper packaging.
The challenge
The company wanted to develop an activity to stimulate thought leadership and long-term strategic planning for paper and board industries. The business wanted to create a platform for its clients and practitioners to share challenges and key issues for the future of paper packaging.
The approach
The Retail Institute engaged Prof. Jeff Gold to lead an interactive strategic workshop that would provide participants with understanding and key skills in Futures & Foresight.
A final report (a White Paper) was prepared following the workshop outlining key challenges for the paper industry including future recommendations. The discussions and topics scoped during the day provided the structure and content of the paper, along with supporting information and strategic recommendations provided by the Retail Institute team
The impact
The white paper produced from the workshop provided the paper and board industry with guidelines for future-proofing their businesses and Including recommendations for the industry and the wider waste industry in regard to infrastructure improvements.
