IFTF Foresight Essentials
IFTF Foresight Essentials
IFTF Foresight Essentials is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. As a participant, you’ll learn to filter information to determine its usefulness; transform urgent foresight into actionable insights; disrupt short-termism; and develop and test your own experiments in future-making. Upon completion, you’ll receive a certification as a foresight practitioner and join a network of like-minded specialists committed to promoting and supporting futures thinking across the globe.
IFTF Foresight Essentials Calendar
{Last Updated July 9, 2020}
- October 14-November 13, 2020, 4.5 weeks, Live-Online
See full session agenda. >> - December 1-15, 2020, 2 weeks, Live-Online
See full session agenda. >> - February 9-23, 2021, 2 weeks, Live-Online in Eastern Time Zone
See full session agenda. >>
Registration Fee:
REGULAR $6,500
EARLY-BIRD Save up to $500 by registering early. Space is limited; early booking recommended.
Inquire for government and nonprofit rates.
REGISTRATION POLICY AND TERMS
For information, please contact:
Neela Lazkani nlazkani@iftf.org | 650.233.9562
You’ll learn to:
- Identify and analyze signals of change
- Leverage hindsight to discover patterns of innovation—and disruption
- Build a “foresight mindset” for your own futures thinking
- Design futures projects that lead to actionable insights
The course includes:
- Three days of in-person training conducted by IFTF researchers
- Immersion in futures-thinking skills, methodologies, and processes
- Proprietary IFTF toolkit with 22 specialized tools and accessories
- Powerful takeaways including PowerPoint deck and graphic memory of training session
- Personalized strategic Foresight-Insight-Action plan for post-training application
- Breaks for meals, downtime, and networking with cohort of diverse foresight practitioners
- Official certification as an IFTF-trained foresight practitioner
See how experts in every field have used their experience in IFTF's Foresight Training to communicate vision and build capacity for change ...
IFTF Foresight Talks is our free webinar series featuring experienced foresight practitioners from different sectors and industries across the globe.
IFTF Foresight Toolkit + Templates Usage
As a research and educational organization, Institute for the Future’s mission is to build more foresight capacity in the world by providing tools and resources to help people better anticipate the future to make decisions in the present. To this end the IFTF Foresight Studio Toolkit and Templates are held under an IFTF copyright and licensed under the Creative Commons 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). If you are a certified IFTF Foresight Practitioner, we encourage the reproduction and use of these tools within your organization(s) and in your own practice of foresight education for any non-commercial, attribution-only, non-derivative use.