Futures Thinking Specialization
Ready Yourself for a Changing World. Learn the skills and mindsets of the world’s top futurists, so you can forecast what’s coming, imagine new possibilities, and seize control of your own future.
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What you will learn
Build your future forecasting skills.
Learn how to use Institute for the Future’s most powerful foresight tools, designed to help you spot new opportunities for innovation and invention.
Gain insight into the most important new technologies, global events and big ideas that are already shaping the future.
Think more creatively and optimistically about what’s possible in the future.
Skills you will gain
About this Specialization
Applied Learning Project
Learners will investigate a future topic of their own choosing, such as the future of food, news, data, marketing, religion, learning, oceans, virtual reality, or AI, and create their own forecast and scenario to describe key risks and opportunities in that future.
This specialization is for everyone. No prior experience required.
This specialization is for everyone. No prior experience required.
There are 5 Courses in this Specialization
Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking
Do you want to think about the future with more creativity and optimism? Do you want to see what’s coming faster, so you can be better prepared for disruptions and more in control of your future? Do you want to get better at changing what’s possible today – in your company, your industry, your community, and in your own life?
Forecasting Skills: See the Future Before it Happens
For many people, the future comes as a surprise – or even a shock. But with strong forecasting skills, YOU can avoid future shock. You can adapt faster, and become better prepared to benefit from change.
Simulation Skills: This is Your Brain on the Future
Do you want to learn how to simulate the future more creatively and more effectively? This course is for you.
Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future
You’ll never have a complete picture of what's possible in the future if you look at it from just one point of view. The best way to expand your vision? Engage as many people as you can, and “game out” the possibilities together.
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Institute for the Future
The Institute for the Future is the world's leading futures thinking organization. For over 50 years, businesses, governments and social impact organizations have depended upon IFTF global forecasts, custom research, and foresight training to navigate complex change and develop world-ready strategies for the future.
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