Institute for the Future Courses

Life After COVID-19: Get Ready for our Post-Pandemic Future

55 ratings at Coursera

Forecast the next 3-5 years after COVID-19: spot four patterns of change, prioritize risks with the Global Risks Report, and build a resilience plan.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Futures Thinking

1979 ratings at Coursera

Master foresight techniques through forecasting, mental simulation, and collaborative future games, then turn urgent optimism into action on a future topic you choose to investigate.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Forecasting Skills: See the Future Before it Happens

522 ratings at Coursera

Turn "signals" and "drivers of change" into future forecasts, write scenarios that tell the story of those forecasts, and update both when events shift.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Simulation Skills: This is Your Brain on the Future

435 ratings at Coursera

Do you want to learn how to simulate the future more creatively and more effectively? This course is for you.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future

312 ratings at Coursera

No single viewpoint sees the whole future: run collaborative forecasting games using future wheels, shadow imagination, leading-edge interviews, and the Equitable Futures card game.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Urgent Optimism: How to Turn Foresight into Action

292 ratings at Coursera

Thinking about the future better means changing it better: craft preferred futures, analyze images of the future, build artifacts from the future, and plan action roadmaps.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking

1348 ratings at Coursera

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.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course