The course was very fantastic and by enrolling in the course I came to get a good knowledge about COVID-19 and life after COVID-19.

This is an extraordinary course, well designed, full of interesting resources and practical tools. Jane McGonigal is a superb instructor. Thank you for a wonderful opportunity to better know and prepared for the world of the present and the near future.

Will change the way you think about moving forward. So creative and thought-provoking. Plus, a toolkit for facilitating conversations about how to recreate systems and approaches to determining your future.

While I have been aware of the Futures Thinking Coursera Specialization of the Institute for the Future (IFTF) for a long while now, I initially dismissed the organization as a something that promises more than it delivers, assuming it does deliver something in the end – basically, a scam. Combined with the feelings of uncertainty regarding life during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, I signed up to this MOOC to have a taste of what IFTF offers (without being forced to muscle through the entire Specialization for the sake of completion should I get dissatisfied with one of the courses there). I am happy that I was proven wrong, elegantly, by the material. After completing this course, futures thinking now appears to me as a wonderful and necessary competence to keep abreast with today’s world that, for better or worse, moves at an increasingly fast pace. I am amazed with the insights shared throughout the material that helped me realize both, in a systematic and concrete way, (1) the predictability of what has been happening and (2) the remaining amenability of the future, as bleak as it seems, to what we do, especially as part of a larger group, at present. The four patterns of change, the three habits of futurists, the need of a detailed sense of the future while planning for it, and the several readings are all eye-opening; applying at least some of (the learnings from) them to my daily life is something that I hope to instinctively do going forward. My most cherished takeaway from the course, however, is that my control of my own future is greater than I originally thought possible. I highly recommend this course to everyone, and I hope I can find time to take the entire Coursera Specialization of IFTF on futures thinking.

Better to go for the future thinking specialization. The Life after Covid course overlaps with the specialization.

​I attended this course beside the Futures Thinking Specialization. It is original and well designed. It helps you to boost your imagination about post-pandemic futures, providing up to date articles, informations and data to gain a broad knowledge about this major world event. Forecasting and strategic thinking tools are given: they are very original and helpful for buolding up a personal path navigating the pandemic changes. Jane is an excellent teacher. Thanks to her, to my learning peers of the comminity and to Coursera!

Highly recommendable. I am a Japanese retired professor who is carrying out workshops in the Nordic countries and Japan. I would like to use tools and methods from this course to discuss on the visions and designs for post Covid-19 society soon. Thanks so much, Jane and Institute for the Future as well as Coursera.

I recommend this course, if you are looking for what I was looking for - a shift from my extremely present awareness which has been honed by the disruption of the pandemic, to a way of thinking somewhat realistically and optimistically about a future horizon. I found that the more global view has lifted my spirits.

Learned so much taking this course. Gave me food for thought and lots of information to share with my colleges.

Great course for Hope!

T​his was such an amazing course! Thank you, Jane for excellent content! I learned so much!

Great content. Many insights and very concerned in teach how to turn us in futurist guys.

This is a great course. HIghly recommended!

I love this kind of course, thank you

It was an amazing experience

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