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Course Overview

This interactive futures course is based on the six pillars approach to Futures Studies. Using methods such as the futures triangle, emerging issues analysis, the futures wheel, scenario planning, causal layered analysis, visioning and backcasting participants create alternative and preferred futures. Participants work in teams on questions relevant to their work (for example, the futures of organizational structures; ageing and productivity; housing and homelessness, gender equity, peace and conflict) in the next two decades.

Case studies are used to illustrate the methods. Participants over the two days learn about themselves, others, their organization, and the changing world. They leave with not just insights as to the futures of x, but as to their own life narratives, and what they need to do In order to realize their visions.

Course Objectives

Enhance the capacity leaders to begin the process of transforming their organizations toward futures-orientation - anticipatory fidelity or to empower them to create the futures they desire and the futures the broader community desires.

Enhance the effectiveness of strategy and policymaking through the use of appropriate futures methodological tools including emerging issues analysis, the futures triangle, causal layered analysis, macro and micro scenarios, visioning and backcasting.

Clarify trends – particularly changes in societal values and other critical drivers - impacting the future - that is, use the future to create the present

Develop forecasts, emerging issues, scenarios, preferred visions and backcasts & enhance the effectiveness to deliver desired visions.

Outcomes

Understanding and familiarity with methods used to develop preferred, probable and possible futures.

2. Understanding of emerging issues and trends creating the future, especially those that promise to transform global/local futures.

3. Articulation and understanding of the implications of these emerging issues and trends.

4. Understanding and the capacity to use methods that map the historical patterns of social change.

5. Capacity to analyse and develop the preferred vision in institutions and organizations.

6. Capacity to use futures methods to better understand the probable, possible and preferred futures.

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