From the course: Anticipating the Future as a Leader

What it means to anticipate the future

From the course: Anticipating the Future as a Leader

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What it means to anticipate the future

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- [Becki Saltzman] Your ability to anticipate and communicate your vision of the future has a huge impact on how others feel in your presence: excited, nervous, ill, or well-prepared. That's what makes anticipating the future and helping others navigate it a massive indicator of your success as a leader. And the research is clear. Some people are better at anticipating the future. They're objectively better forecasters. The great news is it's a learnable skill that's actually fun to practice. I'm Becki Saltzman, Founder and Chief Curiosity Seeker at Applied Curiosity Lab, where we help organizations use applied curiosity and critical thinking to uncover possibilities, avoid traps, and make better decisions. In this course, you'll learn how to identify the difference between what's possible and what's probable, how to quantifiably make and adjust predictions like the best competitive forecasters, and how to communicate your vision of the future in a way that's inspiring and realistic. Yes, the forecasting techniques you'll learn in this course are backed by math. But if math isn't your thing, no worries. I've attempted to make every lesson accessible, regardless of your comfort with math. You don't have to quit your job and become a futurist to do what the best competitive predictors do to anticipate and help teams navigate the future. You just have to take this course.

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