Do you want to learn how to simulate the future more creatively and more effectively? This course is for you. Humans are the only living creatures with the ability to think about and make plans for the long- term future. Even so, our brains don鈥檛 always make it easy. Over the past decade, scientists have discovered a number of neurological 鈥渞oad blocks鈥 to effective futures thinking. These glitches in the brain make it harder for us to accurately predict how we鈥檒l feel and what we鈥檙e likely to do, when a particular future arrives. They lead us to make faulty assumptions about which futures are likely or unlikely to happen. And they convince us we have less power to shape and influence the future than we actually do 鈥 leaving us stuck in the present. In this course, you鈥檒l learn how to overcome these obstacles so you can think about the future more strategically and creatively. You鈥檒l practice simulation techniques for 鈥渦nsticking鈥 the mind when it comes to seeing what鈥檚 possible in the future and accepting how things could be different. You鈥檒l also learn how to lead others through 鈥渇irst-person future鈥 simulations, which have been shown in scientific studies to improve strategy and increase motivation and hope for the future. Along the way, leading futurists from the Institute from the Future will share some of their most challenging forecasts to help you stretch your imagination and improve your simulation skills. This course will ensure that you can put all of your new forecasting skills to the best possible use, by helping you nudge your brain toward more effective ways of simulating and preparing for the future. Many thanks to the Enlight Foundation and the Enlight Collaborative, which provided a grant to support the creation of this course.