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About the Course

Do you want to learn how to simulate the future more creatively and more effectively? This course is for you. Humans are the only living creatures with the ability to think about and make plans for the long- term future. Even so, our brains don’t always make it easy. Over the past decade, scientists have discovered a number of neurological “road blocks” to effective futures thinking. These glitches in the brain make it harder for us to accurately predict how we’ll feel and what we’re likely to do, when a particular future arrives. They lead us to make faulty assumptions about which futures are likely or unlikely to happen. And they convince us we have less power to shape and influence the future than we actually do – leaving us stuck in the present. In this course, you’ll learn how to overcome these obstacles so you can think about the future more strategically and creatively. You’ll practice simulation techniques for “unsticking” the mind when it comes to seeing what’s possible in the future and accepting how things could be different. You’ll also learn how to lead others through “first-person future” simulations, which have been shown in scientific studies to improve strategy and increase motivation and hope for the future. Along the way, leading futurists from the Institute from the Future will share some of their most challenging forecasts to help you stretch your imagination and improve your simulation skills. This course will ensure that you can put all of your new forecasting skills to the best possible use, by helping you nudge your brain toward more effective ways of simulating and preparing for the future. Many thanks to the Enlight Foundation and the Enlight Collaborative, which provided a grant to support the creation of this course....

Top reviews

KP

Oct 5, 2020

This is a course i would recommend to every professional. In my opinion this course is fantastic & very informative. Special thanks to Professor Jane McGonigal. She is a good teacher I have to say.

MD

May 10, 2020

reat course, with a lot of new Information for me, very well presented. I really enjoyed it, especially the parts presented by Dr. McGonigal and the assignments that were necessary.

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By Ignacio V

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Apr 24, 2020

Interesting topics, although you definitely need to practice them a lot to fully internalize the concepts and familiarize yourself with all the practical tools etc,

By Mubeen S

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Jun 18, 2020

Very interesting and easy to use future thinking tools with a lot of simple concepts behind it.

By Gbanju A

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Jun 23, 2021

Good course. It has helped me in understanding future thing as a profession.

By Rik W

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Dec 20, 2021

very interesting mix, will watch en read parts again to recap ;-)

By Luigi G D

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Aug 2, 2020

Lots of good stuff to learn from this course.

By PLTCOL S E A J

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Jul 10, 2023

great job professor

By PRATEEK G

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Nov 9, 2022

it is a good course

By James M

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Nov 22, 2023

Excellent

By Turki B

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Mar 27, 2020

love it

By Fernanda G

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Jun 7, 2022

Good

By Fernando L

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Apr 25, 2020

Good

By Dr. C D

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Feb 4, 2024

Good value for money (assuming it takes you no more than one week to complete the course), but too much reading versus video teaching. In addition most of the reading material looks more like IFTF marketing material. I would have hoped to learn more tools and read less case studies/examples. The quizzes and assignments are too trivial and do not really test if you have understood the covered material.

By Stefan M

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May 17, 2021

This course offered good information about simulation. However it was not a challenge to achieve the goal of the course.

By Dzoan Y

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Oct 19, 2023

too much theorical and self promotion

By Enas S A H

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Apr 11, 2022

intersting