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Life After COVID-19: Get Ready for our Post-Pandemic Future
Beginner
Online
1 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Welcome to the course!
- Get into a post-pandemic mindset
- Why you can trust the Institute for the Future's forecasts
- The 4 patterns of change to watch
- Pattern #1: Post-pandemic growth
- Pattern #2: Post-pandemic constraint
- Pattern #3: Post-pandemic collapse
- Pattern #4: Post-pandemic transformation
- How to make your first post-pandemic forecast
- Week 1 review, and what’s next
Readings
- OPTIONAL: When will it end? How a changing virus is reshaping scientists’ views on COVID-19
- OPTIONAL: After the Pandemic: What Happens Next?
- OPTIONAL: Excerpt from "Reality is Broken"
- OPTIONAL: During a pandemic, we urgently need to stretch our imagination
- OPTIONAL: What is Futures Thinking?
Practice exercise
- Patterns of Change to Watch
Videos
- Welcome back, and get ready to “ride the roller coaster”
- Give yourself a future boost
- The Deeper Disease (part 1)
- The Deeper Disease (part 2)
- The Risks Ahead
- The First 5 Minutes of the Future (part 1 - HOW TO PLAY )
- The First 5 Minutes of the Future (part 2 - SCENARIOS)
- Make your first plan for resilience
- Week 2 review, and what’s next
Readings
- OPTIONAL: The Deeper Disease
- OPTIONAL: World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2021
- OPTIONAL: The First 5 Minutes of the Future
- OPTIONAL: Future Boosting Techniques
Practice exercise
- The Deeper Disease
Videos
- Welcome back, and get ready to “think like a futurist”
- 100 Ways Anything Could Be Different in the Future - part 1
- 100 Ways Anything Could Be Different in the Future - part 2
- Habit #1: Track driving forces
- Habit #2: Collect signals of change
- Habit #3: Challenge your assumptions
- Week 3 review, and what’s next
Readings
- OPTIONAL: Counterfactual Thinking is the Key to Creativity, and a Vaccine for 'Future Shock
- OPTIONAL: 100 Ways Anything Could Be Different in the Future
Practice exercise
- Which driving forces will you track?
- How to think like a futurist
Videos
- Welcome back, and get oriented to IFTF’s Toolkit for Transformation
- Tool #1 Patterns from the past
- Tool #2 Innovations for the future
- Tool #3 Actions for transformation
- Your final project instructions
- Congratulations! Let’s keep futuring together
Readings
- OPTIONAL Toolkit for Transformation
- OPTIONAL: Actionable Advice for the World After the Virus
- Join the Institute for the Future's free alumni network!