Institute for the Future Courses

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

54 ratings at Coursera

Institute for the Future's 4-week course prepares you for post-pandemic life, offering insights into future challenges and opportunities, resilience planning, and tools for positive societal change.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking

1176 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
• 11 hours 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Forecasting Skills: See the Future Before it Happens

461 ratings at Coursera

Enhance your forecasting skills with this 4-week course by the Institute for the Future. Learn to predict and prepare for future changes, create compelling forecasts, and write future scenarios.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Simulation Skills: This is Your Brain on the Future

373 ratings at Coursera

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

• Coursera
• 13 hours 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Urgent Optimism: How to Turn Foresight into Action

235 ratings at Coursera

Learn to shape the future with the Institute for the Future's 5-week course. Develop foresight skills, create compelling visions, identify obstacles, and plan strategic actions for impactful change.

• Coursera
• 10 hours 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future

233 ratings at Coursera

Learn collaborative gaming techniques for future forecasting with the Institute for the Future's 5-week course. Expand your vision, build empathy, and reduce risk of future blindsides.

• Coursera
• 14 hours 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Futures Thinking

1 review

Learn to anticipate and shape the future with the Institute for the Future's 26-week course. Master foresight techniques, meet professional futurists, and develop a future-oriented mindset.

• Coursera
• 26 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 5 courses