RCA Futures Through Design Short Course

Posted by Royal College of Art – Executive Education

Are you caught in the headlights of complexity? Struggling to see beyond the immediate horizon, or reliably identify emerging trends? With so many pressing problems, it can sometimes seem counterintuitive to focus on the future. Yet productive futures work is not some far-off fantasy experiment. It is a strategic investment in time, collaboration and understanding that will underpin transformative decision-making today. 

For over a decade, the Royal College of Art has been a leader in design futures research and practice, and today offers a one-year MDes in Design Futures. Now we are looking to create more opportunities with this Futures Through Design short course. This in-person, intensive three-day experience is designed for organisational leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and high-performing recent graduates who are seeking to transform strategic uncertainty into innovative opportunity. Participants will learn advanced design methodologies to anticipate, map, and use complex future scenarios to affect change across your organisation, industry sector or community.

Through hands-on engagement with futures thinking tools and techniques, you will develop new approaches to strategic innovation that can be immediately applied in your professional context.

Date

Mon, 07 Jul 2025, 09:30 - Wed, 09 Jul 2025, 17:30

Location

Royal College of Art Rausing Research & Innovation Building 15 Parkgate Road Battersea London SW11 4NL,
City of London

Royal College of ArtRausing Research & Innovation Building15 Parkgate RoadBatterseaLondon SW11 4NL

Price

£1250

Royal College of Art – Executive Education

Short courses at the RCA are offered throughout the year to provide unparalleled opportunities for participants to access its world-leading teaching, researchers & practitioners.

We offer a growing portfolio of online Short Courses and Executive Masterclasses that include workshops, summer schools and masterclasses for individuals and organisations.

Our courses are designed to address the professional and personal development goals of our participants in subject areas that include: design thinking, contemporary art, curating, design, architecture, service design, interior design and visual communication.

Courses develop personal and professional networks. We attract a global mix of participants and have welcomed over 64 different nationalities since transitioning to online delivery.

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