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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Ready, Set, Future! Introduction to Futures Thinking by Institute for the Future

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    About the Course

    Do you want to think about the future with more creativity and optimism? Do you want to see what’s coming faster, so you can be better
    prepared for disruptions and more in control of your future? Do you want to get better at changing what’s possible today – in your company,
    your industry, your community, and in your own life? This course will introduce you to the practice of futures thinking, as developed and
    applied for the past 50 years by the Institute for the Future, a Silicon-Valley-based research and learning group founded in 1968. 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 techn...
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    Excellent overview of foresight studies. Nothing in any of the follow-on courses is technically hard, but I suspect putting it into practice is a bit like the game of Go: the rules are the easy part.

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    I really liked how this course was structured with videos, readings, and activities. It has a nice flow, and lots of helpful information. I would highly recommend this for any aspiring futurist.

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    Amazing start to futures thinking.

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    Jane McGonigal is awsome, love her

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    Very helpful, very interesting

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    Excellente course! Very clear!

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    great course it opens my mind

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