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?
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您将学到的内容有
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!
您将获得的技能
ForesightCreativityStrategic ThinkingInnovationLeadership
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初级
This course is for everyone! No previous experience required.
完成时间大约为17 小时
建议：7 hours/week
英语（English）
字幕：英语（English）
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完成时间为 3 小时
Welcome to the Future
The adventure begins! This week, you'll meet some professional futurists and learn: What is futures thinking? What are the benefits of futures thinking? Who hires futurists, and where can you put your new skills to use? By the end of this week, you'll be ready to choose your own future topics to explore throughout the rest of this course.
完成时间为 3 小时
9 个视频 （总计 42 分钟）, 7 个阅读材料, 4 个测验
9 个视频
Welcome to the course! Meet your professor Jane McGonigal3分钟
Give me some examples of futures thinking!3分钟
Meet some professional futurists1分钟
What is futures thinking?4分钟
Mini-Masterclass: The Future Belongs to Everyone8分钟
When does the future start?6分钟
What are the benefits of futures thinking?7分钟
Choose your own future!2分钟
7 个阅读材料
Take our 2-minute survey about the future2分钟
What is Futures Thinking?10分钟
Who Hires Futurists?5分钟
How to think like a futurist: The 5 key principles15分钟
Why Companies Work With Futurists15分钟
Who Owns Your Future?15分钟
Six Possible Futures of Food20分钟
3 个练习
What is futures thinking?10分钟
When does the future start?5分钟
What are the seven benefits of futures thinking?10分钟
完成时间为 3 小时
Signals of Change
This week, you'll learn how to collect and work with signals of change. Signals are the most important "raw material" of futures thinking. First, we'll show you some of our favorite signals and how we found them. Then, it's your turn: Collect and analyze signals related to your own future topic.
完成时间为 3 小时
7 个视频 （总计 43 分钟）, 2 个阅读材料, 3 个测验
7 个视频
Examples of Signals10分钟
Five Minutes in the Future of Food4分钟
Five Minutes in the Future of Economic Justice5分钟
How to Interpret Signals6分钟
Your Turn! Analyze a Signal2分钟
Where do you look for signals? And other FAQ6分钟
2 个阅读材料
Future of Work in 2030 - Signals Report30分钟
More Examples of Signals of Change10分钟
2 个练习
What's a signal of change?5分钟
Future of Work - Signals of Change10分钟
完成时间为 2 小时
Look Back to Look Forward
It's time to strengthen your futures thinking skills by thinking about the past. It sounds strange, but to be a good futurist, you have to be a good historian as well! This week, you'll learn how to use our most powerful tool for "looking back to look forward."
完成时间为 2 小时
3 个视频 （总计 17 分钟）, 4 个阅读材料, 2 个测验
3 个视频
How to Look Back to Look Forward (Part I)3分钟
How to Look Back to Look Forward (Part II)9分钟
4 个阅读材料
Excerpt: Hope in the Dark10分钟
TOOL: Look Back to Look Forward15分钟
The Future of Work is Task-Based, not Time-Based10分钟
Who Invented Futures Thinking and Why?15分钟
1 个练习
Who invented futures thinking, and why?5分钟
完成时间为 3 小时
Four Types of Futures Thinking
This week, you'll learn: What are the four different types of futures thinking, and when should you use each type? You'll also try out a fun futures thinking tool: the "Future Four-Square" game. This tool will help you dig deeper on your own future topic.... whatever you're interested in exploring the future of! Finally, get ready to help a friend or colleague think about the future. After all, the best way to learn something new is to teach someone else!
完成时间为 3 小时
7 个视频 （总计 29 分钟）, 4 个阅读材料, 3 个测验
7 个视频
The Four Types of Futures Thinking9分钟
Why I Future with Youth3分钟
Why I Future with Musicians2分钟
Why I Future with Incarcerated People2分钟
Why I Future with My City3分钟
Congratulations! You've finished this course49
4 个阅读材料
The Future as a Way of Life10分钟
A Guide to The Four Types of Futures Thinking10分钟
How Professional Futurists Imagine the Future30分钟
An invitation to join our free Alumni Network2分钟
2 个练习
Can you identify the four types of futures thinking?10分钟
Why do people use futures thinking in their work?10分钟
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I thoroughly enjoyed this exciting adventure! Futures thinking is a basic set of survival skills in my eyes. I learned a great deal about how to think about the future through this course.
I liked the course. It was exactly what I needed at this time. It was structured well and informative. The presenter was excellent. I enjoyed it and will take more courses with the IFTF.
关于 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.
关于 Futures Thinking 专项课程
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 Specialization 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. You’ll master essential foresight techniques. You’ll meet leading professional futurists. And you’ll choose one or more future topics you want to investigate with your new foresight skills.
The Futures Thinking specialization 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. You'll develop a more future-oriented mindset to make positive changes in your own life, as you start to see new possibilities more clearly and craft the personal future you want.
This specialization is based on the “How to Think Like a Futurist” workshops taught by Jane McGonigal, PhD for Stanford University Continuing Studies. By taking this specialization, you'll have access to key lessons and tools from the Institute for the Future’s professional “Foresight Training” certification program.
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