Become a Futurist: Futures 101 with Sohail Inayatullah

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About the course

In challenging times, thinking about the future can be overwhelming. Most of us can only imagine a future that we know; one that we’ve experienced before in real life or through movies. We assume the business-as-usual future will continue, but when we are disrupted, it is often too late, we lack the skills and means to effectively respond, or we don’t have a compelling vision of the future to move toward. We are unable to adapt or create.

But a futurist gets out ahead of the disruption. A futurist expands what is possible by exploring alternative and preferred futures in a creative and collaborative way. In essence, a futurist uses the future to change the present, to solve tomorrow’s problems today. These are the leadership skills you will learn in this course “Become a Futurist – Futures 101 with Sohail Inayatullah”.

Join me on a journey through the world of Futures Studies, where I will share nearly 40 years of my experience as a futurist with you. By the end of it, you will have an understanding of Futures Studies and be well on your way to becoming a futurist, and a more flexible and transformative leader.

Meet your instructor

My name is Sohail and I have been a futurist for 40 years. I run workshops around the world working with organizations and institutions to create transformative strategies. I am the first UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies, a political scientist at Tamkang University, Taipei (Graduate Institute of Futures Studies); an Associate at Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne; and an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast (Faculty of Social Sciences and Business).

I have been lucky enough to author and co-edit twenty-four books, audio tapes and programs, including: Asia 2038: Ten Disruptions that Change Everything (2018); Transformation 2050: the Alternative Futures of Malaysian Universities (2018); What Works: Case Studies in the Practice of Foresight (winner of the most significant work for 2016, the Association of Professional Futurists); and, CLA 2.0; Transformative Research in Theory and Practice (2015).