Imagination is not a detour it’s the new infrastructure of strategy.
Build the skills to design what’s coming.
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We’re not in an age of change — we’re in a change of age.
From AI to climate shifts, the future is being rewritten daily. Traditional strategy no longer applies. You don’t need just predictions — you need new ways of imagining, designing, and leading.
Design Futures is a hands-on course for leaders, designers, and changemakers who want to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Through foresight, design fiction, and speculative strategy, you'll learn to create futures that are not only possible — but preferable.
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/Why download this guide?
- You’ll discover how to:
- Apply futures thinking to real-world innovation challenges
- Turn weak signals into strategic foresight
- Design future scenarios using storytelling and backcasting
- Prototype ethical, inclusive and future-ready solutions
- Lead futures conversations inside your team or organization
/Who is this for
This course is made for:
- Innovation professionals and foresight practitioners
- Strategic designers and transformation facilitators
- Entrepreneurs and product leaders
- Executives and public sector leaders
- Basic knowledge of Design Thinking is recommended.
/ Whats you´ll Learn
- Futures Literacy & Ethics
- Weak Signal Detection & Sensemaking
- Scenario Building & Design Fiction
- Strategic Planning with Backcasting
- Prototyping Preferable Futures
- Facilitating Futures Conversations
- Building Organisational Resilience
/ Learning Journey
Day 1 – Online Onboarding (3h)
Futures Thinking & Ethics
The Futures Cone & Signals of Change
Designing for Diversity & Collective Impact
Day 2 – In-person Immersion (7h)
Strategic Foresight & Worldbuilding
Backcasting & Vision-Led Action
Applying Futures to Strategy, Product & Service Design
/ What participants are saying
“Inspiring, informative and fun.”
— Julieta Matos-Castaño, University of Twente
“The tools made our future feel intentional and actionable.”
— Ana Belgun, Terria
“More excited than ever about the future I can help shape.”
— Carl Thompson, DIUS
“Excellent facilitation and tools.”
— Dan Butt, Feeding America
/facilitadors
Juliana Proserpio
Echos Chief Designer
Officer & Founder
Ricardo Ruffo
Echos CEO & Founder
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- 7 meetings of up to 3 hours, all live
- Echos Certificate
- Access to the global network of Echos innovators, with thousands of people from around the world.
- Access to the platform for 6 months
- Original Echos content and download of all the tools used throughout the journey
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