Futures Thinking 101
Imagine, create and achieve the futures you want in diverse and different ways
Course Overview
The Futures Thinking 101 Live Learning Session is a unique opportunity for you to experience the power of foresight in charting the futures you want. The workshop is an organic and participatory learning space where you travel and learn how to immerse in the future to innovate and transform today.
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Futures Thinking 101 with Shermon Cruz
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Day 1: April 3, 2021 (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
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Getting started: Zoom meeting Login Credentials
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Worksheets & Takeaways
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Day 2: April 10, 2021 (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
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Getting started: Zoom meeting login credentials
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Worksheets & Takeaways
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Next steps
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Join our exclusive community
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Why This Course
“He who predicts the future lies even if he tells the truth” Arab Proverb
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Futures Thinking is a MUST in a post-pandemic world where everything is uncertain.
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Futures Thinking is valuable personal and organization competency in the twenty-first century.
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The Future is an asset, a resource, and a tool for self and social transformation.
Who Is This Course For
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If you're a Leader in your Organization, a C-Suite Executive, a Corporate Manager, an Entrepreneur, or just someone who wants to shape the future with precise research-based methods, then this course is for you!
Meet your Instructor
Professor Shermon Cruz
- Prof. Shermon Cruz is one of Asia's leading global futurists and the only Filipino futurists with full membership in the Association of Professional Futurists (APF). Prof. Cruz was recently elected to the board of directors of the Association of Professional Futurists, a global futurists organization with 500 members from over 40 countries.
- Chief Futurist and Director of the Center For Engaged Foresight, a premier global futures thinking and strategic foresight consulting firm based in Manila.
- Co-founder, Lead Futurist, and Vice President of the Philippine Futures Thinking Society, professional futures thinking organization in the Philippines.
- Chair of the Millennium Project Philippines Node, an independent futures research think tank connected to The Millennium Project, a global foresight think tank that publishes the Global State of the Future Index and Work/Technology Futures 2050: Scenarios and Actions
- Supervising Fellow Futures Thinking Program, Development Academy of the Philippines
- Senior Curator and Global Futures Literacy Expert at UNESCO
- Served as a foresight consultant, expert, and resource to the Asian Development Bank, The Rockefeller Foundation, East-West Center, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNDP, United Nations Framework for Climate Change, Asia Pacific Foresight Group CSIRO Data 61, the National Academy of Science and Technology, Senate Committee on SDGs, Futures Thinking and Innovation etc.
- Regional Editor, Journal of Futures Studies
- Chair of the Asia Pacific Futures Network Regenerating Asia 2050 Summit attended by 100 futurists and 600 participants from different parts of the world.
What you get?
This live learning session enables you to leap forward, to better imagine and make sense of the future.
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Get 2 Sessions of 3-hour in-depth virtual workshops structured to develop successful learners
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Get unlimited access to downloadable worksheets, lessons & takeways
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Get unlimited access to Zoom video recording and transcripts
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Download and share your Digital Certificate accredited by Engaged Foresight
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Exclusive access to Esme Community of Professional Learners and Educators to network
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Live Q&A with Shermon Cruz
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Exclusive access to “student only” Shermon Cruz community
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BONUS: Includes a Futures Thinking 101 workbook and toolkit developed by the Center for Engaged Foresight.
What students say
Case Studies & Testimonials
- Flavors of Practice: Developing the Asia Pacific Futures Network
- Democratizing Futures Literacy in the Philippines at the High Level UNESCO Futures Literacy Summit
Reflections and testimonies from participants attending Prof. Shermon Cruz futures thinking workshops:
"I used to believe that life, the future is exceptionally meaningless. This changed because I learned that the future need not have a single outcome but rather endowed with multiple possibilities and meanings both negative and positive. The fact that the future is open, a blank slate, I can create new stories and meanings of life and change...the fact that you are alive in the present, you can do something to make your futures more diverse and meaningful".
“I look forward to applying futures thinking in our strategic planning and visioning. It is a useful tool for us to help put things in proper perspective while also creatively analyzing problems and solutions.”
“The future will always be the place for which you will feel the deepest affection, no matter who you are and where you are.”
“I am impressed with the workshop design. The approach was varied, innovative, and creative. I am ready to be a catalyst. Now I feel extraordinary! We are motivated to innovate and be creative! Going and flying to 2040 is an amazing experience. It is empowering! We have planned of going to the moon as well! This I would say Let’s Go and make our preferred futures happen! Let’s head on to the future!”
For more about Prof. Shermon Cruz body of futures thinking and strategic foresight work, check www.engagedforesight.com
Pull Quotes
“Are we short-term centric? Is the future colonized by fear, poverty of imagination and greed? If you assume yes, let’s cancel these assumptions by transforming our mindsets and ways of knowing the future.” Prof. Shermon Cruz
“Imagine if your future self or let’s say the future generations could speak to you, what would it tell you? What does it want you to see and understand? Imagine if you have the capacity to decrypt the future and make it ever-present? The future is a lived experience. We embody it. It resides within us.” Prof. Shermon Cruz
Case Study Videos
The Future is Now: Appreciating Strategic Foresight start at 23:49
Adaptive and Collaborative Leadership and Strategic Foresight Planning in Academic Institutions, start at 1:27:30
Millennium Project Philippines Launch start at 6:44
The Philippines Futures Thinking Society Launch start at 47:47
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What makes LLS unique?
The Live Learning Series is tailored for every Filipino learner who wants to equip themselves with relevant and in-demand skills in finance, entrepreneurship, the digital age, communication, and personal development. Every course is interactive, immersive, and comprehensive, giving all audiences the opportunity to be up close and personal with local industry luminaries. Plus, there are additional worksheets you can download and exclusive Esme communities you can join!
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Can I pay in installments?
Yes, you can! You can pay 50% upon enrollment, and then you can pay the other half 30 days after the initial payment or after the 1st session of the LLS course.
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Are there discounts available?
Pay upfront Pay Less (Discount depends on the course value)
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How do I stream the course?
On the day of your Live Learning Series, click on your dashboard and then your course. This will automatically take you to your course player which will provide you with three options to join the Zoom meeting.
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Will there be recordings available after the course?
Yes, recordings will be uploaded within 48 hours after the workshop in your course player. You will have lifetime access to these recordings anytime you want!
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How do I get my certificate?
Make sure you are logged in to your Esme account. Access this link: https://www.esme.ph/pages/live-learning-series. In the upper left side of the page, click the button "watch and get certificate" In the list of webinars in the series, click your desired title. Click the "complete and continue" button in every lesson in the webinar until you have completed it 100%. You can now generate your certificate by clicking the button that will pop up once you have completed the course.
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