Ready, Set, Future - Introduction to Futures Thinking
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Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Ready, Set, Future - Introduction to Futures Thinking
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- Offered by Institute for the Future
- Shareable Certificate
- Skills Covered: Creativity, Strategic Thinking, Innovation & Leadership
Ready, Set, Future - Introduction to Futures Thinking at Coursera Course details
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What are the course deliverables?
- Define futures thinking and give examples of futures projects
- Collect and analyze signals of change
- Identify historical change in the past to predict new changes in the future
- Learn how to avoid future shock - and help others avoid it, too!
More about this 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.
Ready, Set, Future - Introduction to Futures Thinking at Coursera Curriculum
Ready, Set, Future - Introduction to Futures Thinking
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Week 1: Welcome to the Future
Week 2: Signals of Change
Week 3: Look Back to Look Forward
Week 4: Four Types of Futures Thinking
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