Futures Thinking
Master essential foresight techniques to spot opportunities, forecast trends, and shape your future with IFTF's expert guidance.
Master essential foresight techniques to spot opportunities, forecast trends, and shape your future with IFTF's expert guidance.
This comprehensive specialization teaches the art and science of futures thinking, as developed by the Institute for the Future. Through five courses, learners master essential foresight techniques, interact with professional futurists, and apply their skills to real-world scenarios. The program emphasizes practical tools for spotting opportunities, forecasting trends, and creating actionable plans for shaping the future. Students learn to collect signals of change, develop scenarios, run simulation exercises, and design collaborative forecasting games. The curriculum combines theoretical understanding with hands-on projects, culminating in students creating their own forecasts and scenarios for topics of their choice.
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What you'll learn
Develop professional-grade future forecasting skills
Master IFTF's powerful foresight tools and methodologies
Learn to identify and analyze signals of change
Create compelling future scenarios and forecasts
Design and run multiplayer forecasting games
Build action roadmaps for preferred futures
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
61 Hours PreRecorded video
Interactive forecasting projects and scenario creation
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FullTime access
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There are 5 courses in this program
Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking
Course 1 · 11 Hours to complete · 4 modules
Forecasting Skills: See the Future Before it Happens
Course 2 · 13 Hours to complete · 4 modules
Simulation Skills: This is Your Brain on the Future
Course 3 · 13 Hours to complete · 4 modules
Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future
Course 4 · 14 Hours to complete · 5 modules
Urgent Optimism: How to Turn Foresight into Action
Course 5 · 10 Hours to complete · 5 modules
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