Signals: Reading the External Landscape for Risk and Opportunity
Signals: Reading the External Landscape for Risk and Opportunity
Thursday 17 September, 14:00 – 16:00 CEST
We are living through simultaneous shifts — political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental. Every one of them is throwing off signals right now, and those signals cut both ways: they carry risk, but they also carry opportunity for climate action. The organisations that will lead the next decade of climate work are the ones that can anticipate these signals before they land, categorise them so they’re easier to act on, and plan for them with confidence, turning the risk side into resilience, and the opportunity side into advantage.
We’re excited to have you at our session “Signals: Reading the Risks Reshaping Climate Work“. This is a working session, not a webinar. In small, facilitated groups, you’ll take live signals from the external landscape across the PESTLE spectrum – Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental – and interpret what each means for your organisation, both as risk and as opportunity. Then you’ll zoom out to see how they impact the wider landscape as shared, systemic risk and opportunity.
It’s gamified, fast-paced, and built to leave you with a methodology you can actually reuse.
What you can get:
Before the session:
- Exclusive access to a brand-new online / digital card game focused on signals – built by Climate-KIC, unreleased to the public – a fun and interactive way to get you prepared for the session and explore the opportunities and risks for your organisation.
During the session:
- A practical methodology for reading signals, and the risk and opportunity within them, that you can bring straight back to your organisation
- A sharper eye for how change in one domain (say, policy) becomes exposure or advantage in another (say, your funding pipeline)
- A rare room: a broad range of Climate-KIC community members and partners together, ensuring diverse perspectives and greater collective signal awareness
How the session runs:
- Intro & framing: welcome, and a quick grounding in what we mean by “signals” and why they matter now
- Contextualise your lens: identify the system(s) you work within, so you’re interpreting signals from the right angle
- Small groups – read the signals: in facilitated groups of 4–6, you’ll be handed six real signals across the PESTLE framework
- Small groups – discuss implications: interpret what each signal means for your organisation as risk and opportunity, then populate a shared map from a systemic view
- Break
- Share-back: groups surface what they found, risks and opportunities identified, and connect the dots across the room
- Κλείστε το: key takeaways and how to carry the methodology forward
A limited session
This only works in small groups where every voice matters, so we’re capping it at 25 participants.
No passive seats. If you’re in the room, you’re in a breakout, building the map with other members. The session’s relevance to your organisation depends on your participation.
Please note: group outputs from this session will be anonymised and shared publicly as part of our collective signal-mapping work.
Change is already in motion across every PESTLE domain. The question is whether your organisation sees it coming: as a threat to brace for, or an opening to seize. Come train the muscle for both.
Spots are limited. Secure your place now.
This event is free for Climate KIC Community members. Log into your account to access your RSVP.
Not a member? Become a member and get free access to all Signals sessions, plus new connections, visibility, intelligence and opportunities to grow your organisation.
