Institute for the Future
Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future
Institute for the Future

Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future

This course is part of Futures Thinking Specialization

Jane McGonigal

Instructor: Jane McGonigal

12,980 already enrolled

Included with Coursera Plus

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.9

(269 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
Approx. 14 hours
Learn at your own pace
98%
Most learners liked this course
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.9

(269 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
Approx. 14 hours
Learn at your own pace
98%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Design and run a multiplayer forecasting game

  • Game out hard-to-predict consequences in any future scenario

  • Anticipate long-term harms of new technologies and how to prevent them

  • Create diverse, inclusive futures thinking communities

Details to know

Shareable certificate

Add to your LinkedIn profile

Assessments

2 assignments

Taught in English

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Placeholder

Build your subject-matter expertise

This course is part of the Futures Thinking Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
  • Learn new concepts from industry experts
  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate
Placeholder
Placeholder

Earn a career certificate

Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV

Share it on social media and in your performance review

Placeholder

There are 5 modules in this course

Welcome to Collaborative Foresight. Shall we play a game? This week, you'll learn the basics: What is a future forecasting game? How do you run one? And who should you invite to play? At the end of the week, you'll choose your own future scenario that you think would make for a great game.

What's included

4 videos6 readings1 peer review2 discussion prompts

How can you spin up a new forecasting game, fast? This week, you'll learn how to use a future wheel to collect lots of surprising ideas from many different people. You'll be challenged to game out five different scenarios using the future wheel platform. And, of course, you'll have the chance to design your own future wheel! Let's play!

What's included

3 videos2 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

Let's add another tool to your gaming toolkit. This week, you'll learn about positive and shadow imagination. What is it, and how can it help you run a successful future forecasting game? While you're practicing this new skill, get ready to take a deep dive on two exciting future topics: the future of space settlement and the future of neurosensing social networks!

What's included

4 videos6 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

This week you'll get to practice two more tools for seeing the future from massively many points of view: Leading-Edge interviews and the Four Future Feelings tool. Get ready to meet new people and organize your own playful conversations about the future!

What's included

3 videos4 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt

You've created and played a future forecasting game. Now what? This week, you'll learn how to take your game findings and propose innovative solutions to our most urgent challenges today. You'll also get everything you need to organize and play one more kind of futures thinking game: The Equitable Futures Card game. Ready, set... win!

What's included

6 videos3 readings1 peer review2 discussion prompts

Instructor

Instructor ratings
4.9 (70 ratings)
Jane McGonigal
Institute for the Future
6 Courses66,574 learners

Offered by

Recommended if you're interested in Business Essentials

Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.
Learner since 2018
"To be able to take courses at my own pace and rhythm has been an amazing experience. I can learn whenever it fits my schedule and mood."
Jennifer J.
Learner since 2020
"I directly applied the concepts and skills I learned from my courses to an exciting new project at work."
Larry W.
Learner since 2021
"When I need courses on topics that my university doesn't offer, Coursera is one of the best places to go."
Chaitanya A.
"Learning isn't just about being better at your job: it's so much more than that. Coursera allows me to learn without limits."

Learner reviews

Showing 3 of 269

4.9

269 reviews

  • 5 stars

    89.25%

  • 4 stars

    8.88%

  • 3 stars

    1.11%

  • 2 stars

    0.37%

  • 1 star

    0.37%

SM
5

Reviewed on Jan 7, 2022

NW
5

Reviewed on Nov 2, 2021

PM
5

Reviewed on Nov 14, 2022

New to Business Essentials? Start here.

Placeholder

Open new doors with Coursera Plus

Unlimited access to 7,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs - all included in your subscription

Advance your career with an online degree

Earn a degree from world-class universities - 100% online

Join over 3,400 global companies that choose Coursera for Business

Upskill your employees to excel in the digital economy

Frequently asked questions