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About the Course

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? This course will introduce you to the practice of futures thinking, as developed and applied for the past 50 years by the Institute for the Future, a Silicon-Valley-based research and learning group founded in 1968. In this course, you’ll build your understanding of what futures thinking is and what you can do with it. You’ll master essential foresight techniques. You’ll meet some professional futurists. And you’ll choose one or more future topics you want to investigate with your new foresight skills. This course is for anyone who wants to spot opportunities for innovation and invention faster. You can gain the skills and confidence to help YOU become someone who makes the future, instead of letting the future happen to you. Many thanks to the Enlight Foundation and the Enlight Collaborative, which provided a grant to support the creation of this course....

Top reviews

TF

May 16, 2020

Excellent overview of foresight studies. Nothing in any of the follow-on courses is technically hard, but I suspect putting it into practice is a bit like the game of Go: the rules are the easy part.

CK

Aug 3, 2020

I really liked how this course was structured with videos, readings, and activities. It has a nice flow, and lots of helpful information. I would highly recommend this for any aspiring futurist.

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By susan m s

Jul 5, 2020

Peer review process is flawed and should not be a score-generating or gating process. I am stuck trying to finish a course because one assignment was graded incorrectly by a reviewer who is not using the rubric correctly.

By Eastman G

Feb 22, 2024

A great course overall. A couple of links need to be updated. Would have loved to get feedback from peers or moderators who would take the time to read my responses in the peer-reviewed assignments.

By Sami E

Nov 17, 2020

Awesome way to get a professional introduction to the futures thinking field.

There are lot's of videos, reading materials and links included to get you familiar with the topic.

By Mirella M

Apr 22, 2020

Excellent introduction on the topic of future thinking. I had alreday professional experience on the subject and found nevertheless very useful.

By Alejandro I G Z

Jun 29, 2021

A very good introduction into futures thinking, but it´s just that; an introduction i suggest a lot to take the entire course.

By Kiran v

Jul 19, 2020

Wonderful to make mind approachable towards the advancement happenings and how to position them

By José R G R

Jul 17, 2020

It's a great introduction to Futures Thinking and the knowledge can be applied right away.

By Victor U

Apr 9, 2021

Good introduction. It could be shortened, though, into 2 weeks.

By Rob J

Jun 22, 2021

Great introduction course, provides overview and perspective!

By Nadia B A

Feb 3, 2021

Great way to get started with futures thinking!

By Bart B

Mar 24, 2020

Solid course. Good info. Not too challenging.

By Gopalakrishnan R

Nov 23, 2019

Good course. More practical examples can help

By Kaviraj G

Apr 5, 2020

Very well organised. Interesting content.

By Marlon B

Aug 26, 2022

very interesting topic

By Irfaan A K

Jan 19, 2022

Thank you!

By Esmeralda G C

Jul 1, 2020

Excellent

By ʀᴇɴᴢᴏ ᴀ

Sep 17, 2021

perfect

By Alexandra P L T

Aug 25, 2022

Bien

By Sophia D

Aug 15, 2020

It's a fun course but not one I'd pay to take. It felt like a big advertisement for the other courses in this series. I suppose that they DID need to explain what future's thinking is before diving deeper, but it's not like it's some rocket science concept.

But it was a fun course nonetheless.

By Eurick D C F d S

Nov 4, 2020

A big chunk of the course is dedicated to tell how important a certain set of skills is, and what you could learn in the next courses; not in discussing what constitues these skills or presenting tools in which to use they are important.

By Giorgia G

Apr 24, 2020

It's a nice one but I didn't get engaged, i felt is not what i was looking for . THANK YOU ANYWAY

By Greta F

Aug 23, 2023

a bit slow

By yefershon

Oct 7, 2021

ninguna

By Pritam B

Aug 7, 2020

Bad