Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Go Science: Introduction to Futures
National School of Government and Public Services
This GO-Science course covered the key concepts of Futures - including Futures principles, the Futures cone, change drivers, Futures tools, and barriers to Futures thinking.
1 weeks, 1 hour per week
Sir Patrick Vallance
Government Chief Scientific Adviser and National Technology Adviser
National School of Government and Public Services
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the concept of Futures thinking, what it is and what it is not.
- Reflect on the main principles behind Futures thinking – switching perspective, looking further, anticipating values, seeing connections and expecting surprises.
- Apply the Futures cone as a tool to help imagine future possibilities.
- Describe the reasons for considering the future when developing policy, including multiple possible outcomes.
- Compare between possible, preferable, and probable futures.
- Assess assumptions and explore different scales of impact, using Futures techniques.
- how the GO-Science Futures team can support you and where to access further resources.
- Explain that having an informed, resilient vision for the future can help to determine the right actions to take now.
- Explain that Futures thinking has an element of uncertainty.
Issued on 14th March 2023
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