An Introduction to Futures Thinking

Become a vigilant leader by gaining valuable perspectives into thinking about the future in a fast changing world

Created by: Dr. Thomas Carroll
Master Future Skills & Beekeeping with Dr. Thomas Carroll

What Will I Learn?

• The course will introduce the key aspects of this exciting and fascinating topic of Futures Thinking.
• The course will help you to develop your own Futures thinking mindset and become more futures literate.
• The course aims to support reflection upon our orientations towards the future as individuals, as organisations, as students or as educators.
• The course will help you get better at leading positive change and thinking outside the box.
• The course will help you build your creativity and to be ready for an increasingly fast changing world.
• The course will help you and your business/organisation to adapt to an uncertain world, build resilience and agility to survive and thrive.
• Increase participants’ ability to imagine different futures and act towards the realisation of a preferred future.
• Build an understanding of how to engage in future-oriented thinking.
• Challenge your conceptions about the future and imagined preferred futures.
• Help you to understand the link between future-oriented thinking and action in the present.
• You will recognise your own agency as a change-maker.
• You will become aware of your own and other people’s assumptions about the future.

Requirements

• There are no requirements - simply a desire to understand, prepare for and take ownership of the future!
• The course is suitable for beginners who want an introduction to thinking about the future.
• The course is a first step for participants who wish to familiarise themselves with future-oriented thinking and foresight.

Target audience

• The course is for anyone who wants to become better at thinking about the future.
• Those who want to define their preferred future scenario and take steps today to make it happen.
• Beginner futurists who want an introduction to this endlessly fascinating topic.
• Both nonprofits and for-profit organisations who seek to use Futures Thinking to help improve strategic business decision-making.
• Small business owners who what to catch potential trends early and capitalise on them.
• Leaders who want to get a new perspective on the world and not get blind sided by the competition.
• Those who want to build a culture of experimentation, thus also increasing organisational long-term resilience.
• Those who wish to foster a culture of longer-term thinking within their organisation.
• Educators who want to better equip their students to engage with the future.
• Government policy makers who want to make policy which is robust and responds to long-term change.
• Those who want to make the future a greater priority and embed long-term thinking into their everyday lives.