Urgent Optimists
Urgent Optimists Summary
Urgent Optimists is a iOS app in the Social Networking category, developed by IFTF. First released 3 years ago(Mar 2022), the app has 17 ratings with a 4.94★ (excellent) average rating.
Store info: Last updated on App Store on Jun 21, 2025 .
4.94★
Ratings: 17
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WHAT IT IS
Are you ready to face the future with more creativity and optimism? Urgent Optimists is the Institute for the Future's first individual membership program. We’re bringing together people who want to feel authentically hopeful about the future, and who are working to create positive transformation in society and in their own lives. You're invited to join us to:
+ Tap into the power of collective imagination
+ Participate in mind-expanding thought experiments
+ Discover new future scenarios
+ Go on exclusive learning journeys with IFTF researchers
+ Play future forecasting games with people from around the world
+ See the future from many different perspectives
+ Learn how to measure and increase urgent optimism in yourself and others.
+ Earn a certificate in Imagination Leadership
WHAT YOU GET
As a member, you’ll have full access to:
SCENARIO CLUB. Think of it like an online book club, but for future scenarios! Discover a new scenario the first Friday of every month. Each scenario includes a short narrative, followed by supporting research, discussion questions and creative prompts. Join our monthly Zoom club meeting to go deeper into the scenarios together.
IMAGINATION TRAINING. Dive into the psychology and neuroscience of futures thinking, with 24/7 online courses led by Jane McGonigal, an IFTF Research Director and New York Times bestselling author of the new book Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything, Even Things that Seem Impossible Today.
TOOLS TO MEASURE AND INCREASE URGENT OPTIMISM IN YOURSELF, YOUR TEAM, OR YOUR COMMUNITY. It's a highly motivating and resilient mindset that helps us stay engaged with the hard work of making a better world.
“SIGNALS OF CHANGE” SCAVENGER HUNTS. Find and share examples of change already happening today that make you feel hopeful for the future. (Because we all could use a little more hope these days!)
10 DAYS IN THE FUTURE. It’s an immersive, 10-day online learning journey that IFTF organizes for our Urgent Optimists once a year. The entire community comes together to simulate an urgent future, from climate migration to geoengineering. We tell stories about how we might personally react, adapt and help others. Each journey is designed to help you feel ready for what’s next and find your own unique role to play in making a better future.
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