Futures Thinking - Simulation

  Course code: DCU220

Session 3 of 3: Futures Thinking - Simulation

How do you unstick your mind to imagine as many futures as possible? How can you lead people to collaborate with forecasts and action plans?

In this session, you learn the basics of mental simulation. We consider ways to unlock our brains to imagine and accept different possibilities of futures. We evaluate challenging forecasts made by Futurists and stretch our creativity to imagine them from a personal to a macro and collective perspective.

During the session, we practise simulation, collaboration and storytelling techniques to inspire ourselves and others to actively create the future we want to live in.

At this end of this workshop, you will:

• Apply tools to unlock your creative skills to accept and simulate possibilities of future
• Be familiar with how to use simulation and collaboration tools in forecasting
• Be able to take future forecasts a step further to gain engagement

These run as single workshops but you can also sign up for the other two in the series:

Session 1: Futures Thinking - Foundations

Session 2: Futures Thinking - Forecasting