Creative Expectations of the Future (E-MTN103)

Futures by Design: Expectations, Foresight and Scenarios is part of the Master in Transformation and Innovation (Master i transformasjon og nyskaping) and can be included as an elective in other lifelong-learning programs (e.g., EMBA). The course introduces theories, models, methods, and practice related to ways of seeing, understanding, and contributing to the future. This includes, for instance, the UNESCO-developed Futures Literacy Lab (FLL) method. The course emphasizes both a theoretical and practical approach to how one understands, and contributes to alternative futures as an individual, organization and society. It will provide in-depth expertise on selected futures methods.

As with all subjects included in the Master in Transformation and Innovation, Futures by Design: Expectations, Foresight and Scenarios is based on the design process discover - define - develop - live (double diamond), and an inclusive understanding of leadership as the enabling of and delivery on purpose, alignment, and commitment (the PAC ontology).

The target group for the course is employees at all levels in the private, public, and voluntary sectors, who want to contribute to the transformation and innovation required to deliver on the green shift, through a better understanding of uncertainty, risk, and prerequisites for change and transformation.

Knowledge

After completing the course, candidates will:

• have an in-depth knowledge of various theories, models, methods, tools, and key concepts related to futures thinking, and collective intelligence.
• be able to apply knowledge about anticipatory skills and how a creative approach based on collective intelligence contributes to a broader and deeper understanding of alternative futures, what it can bring, and how we can contribute to creating it.
• have an in-depth knowledge of various creative methods for developing new understandings of the future, and how this approach can be anchored in organizations.

Skills

After completing the course, candidates will:

• be able to contribute to co-creation, exercise leadership in support of innovation and anticipation, and embrace risk and uncertainty.
• be able to apply various design methods and tools to gain insight into how we see the current situation (status quo), and how we address the future, be able to benefit from this understanding in strategic work and decisions, and have a developed anticipatory and strategic competence in support of the development of organisation and society.
• be able to use different tools, prototype, test, and innovate against user groups to develop alternative understandings of the future.

General competencies

After completing the course, candidates will:

• be able to apply a good understanding of the basic dimensions of Futures Study Labs, so that knowledge and skills for understanding new issues and opportunities within organization and society are increased.
• be able to communicate professional issues both with specialists and with the public, and be able to convey co-creation and self-reflection orally and in writing, using a language that is natural within the field and society.
• be able to analyse and relate critically to organisations' future knowledge and own practice.

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