This course begins by asking the fundamental question: "Why think about the future?" It will explore this through an overview of essential futuring skills%97horizon scanning and trends identification and analysis%97looking at weak signals, micro- and macro-trends%97and how to use these to think about implications and unexpected outcomes. This will include observational analysis, searching Barcelona for indicators about the future, studying behaviors, messages and signs that point to emergent change.

Period
21-07-2014 - 31-07-2014 (2 weeks)

Target group
all levels

Course aim
We will visit scenario development, roadmapping, timelines and backcasting, and creative ideation to develop new future narratives as a way of writing stories about the future we can use strategically. We will also have Skype talks from futurists, innovators and designers who employ these techniques in their own work.From this basis, we will look at innovation practices and processestraditional top-down, bottomup and open innovationand how these are being used in both major companies and cutting edge startups. By learning how to tie foresight to innovation, we will look at future-proofing new design and product development.



Credits
0.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 2600[Convert to USD]Enrollment + Tuition

Course leader
IED Barcelona

IED - Istituto Europeo di Design
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Country: Italy
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