You can’t always know what’s coming, but you can imagine it. You have the ability to embrace new ideas and stay hopeful about the future. That’s what futures thinking is all about. By exiting your default frame and asking the right questions, you can start to imagine new scenarios and use those to inform your decisions. For anyone trying to think ahead and act strategically, this kind of thinking is a must.
With the expertise of Dr. Timiebi Aganaba from the ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society, the Futures Thinking course will put the tools, knowledge and strategies for imagining possible futures directly into your hands. You’ll learn the fundamentals and get acquainted with your futures thinking toolkit. Then, you’ll directly apply them in hands-on scenarios.
Relying on your usual framework will not produce every possible future. Instead, you need to open your mind and remain hopeful. You also need to learn which questions to ask. By the end of your process, you should be able to exit your usual frame of mind and imagine new scenarios that you can plan for — skills that anyone can learn and apply anywhere. Jump-start your futures thinking journey today!
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Welcome to Futures Thinking!•5分钟
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Introduction to Futures Thinking!•2分钟
Story: Bigger questions for Vitória•5分钟
Imagining the future with a frame
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3篇阅读材料•总计13分钟
Practice the solution: Mental exercises to open your mind•1分钟
Infographic: The forms a frame can take•10分钟
Opening your mind: Key Takeaways•2分钟
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Apply the solution: Simplify an issue•60分钟
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Reflect on the solution: Imagining the future with a frame•10分钟
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Imagining the future with a frame: Causes and resources•3分钟
Imagining the future with a frame: Escaping your frame of thinking•6分钟
Practice the solution: Mental exercises to open your mind•15分钟
Asking the right questions
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Practice the solution: Blind spots in core questions•1分钟
Infographic: Question Productivity Index•10分钟
Improving your questions: Key Takeaways•2分钟
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Apply the solution: Evaluate your question•60分钟
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Reflect on the solution: Asking the right questions•10分钟
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Asking the right questions: Causes and resources•3分钟
Asking the right questions: Evaluating questions for quality•4分钟
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Harnessing imagination in scenarios
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Infographic: Brainstorming•10分钟
Thinking of the future: Key Takeaways•2分钟
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Apply the solution: Building a scenario•60分钟
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Reflect on the solution: Harnessing imagination in scenarios•10分钟
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Harnessing imagination in scenarios: Causes and resources•2分钟
Harnessing imagination in scenarios: Building a possible scenario•4分钟
Practice the solution: Helpful scenarios and rational responses•15分钟
Regaining power over the future
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Practice the solution: Controlling Vee’s fear of the future•1分钟
Infographic: Use a futures triangle•10分钟
Don’t fear the future: Key Takeaways•2分钟
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Apply the solution: Regaining power over the future•60分钟
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Reflect on the solution: Regaining power over the future•10分钟
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Regaining power over the future: Causes and resources•2分钟
Regaining power over the future: Controlling your fear of the future•3分钟
Practice the solution: Controlling Vee’s fear of the future•15分钟
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