Future makers. Lead your learning, civic and career pathways to the future.

Content

Today, young people - perhaps like you - have a broad view of life. You know the world of work is changing fast. Digital transformations, automation, climate change, remote work and the gig economy are changing the world of work and have an impact on our personal and civic life (explore more megatrends). A lifelong career no longer looks natural and attractive because life is full of choices and opportunities.
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You can also choose from a variety of learning paths that stretch beyond school. Your phone connects you with educators and mentors, learning opportunities and communities around the planet. You can join these opportunities for five minutes or five days and start another of your learning adventures or another work project.
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How can you take advantage of all this?
How will you build your work and learning path to the skills and income you need to achieve your life goals?
How will your chosen learning, career and civic path prepare you for a future that can offer anything?
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Now, young people around the world are developing new, experiential learning, career and civic paths. They are innovators of their future.
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The Institute for the Future has interviewed 60 young people in 6 cities worldwide and created 9 future personas that embody these people’s stories.
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Now is your time!
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Meet these people from the future. Discover what skills, strategies and learning resources enable these people to be successful in the future. Get inspiration from their stories and build your personal learning and career path - wide enough for everything you want to do and achieve.
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To test your readiness for the future and develop the necessary skills strategically, do the following:
assess how much your characteristics and behaviour patterns coincide with the prototypes of lead learners;
name the future skills that seem most important to you;
choose people who inspire you from the future;
compare your skillset with personas from the future, look into strategies and resources used to build learning, civic and career pathways;
name your growth strategy as future innovators.
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Complete all the activities offered in this learning playlist. Upload your results and thoughts on future skills to collect activity badges. Unlock the top-level badge in this playlist. Check the endorsement section of this badge to learn what you can unlock by presenting this badge to the Network of Cities of Learning partners.
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Watch this video and thin which purposeful pathway you want to take in the future.
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Source:  TEDx Talks
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The Network of Cities of Learning offers this learning pathway within the capacity-building project ‘Youth co-design learning, civic and career pathways’. We are grateful to the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme for co-funding support for this project.
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Credits:
﻿Global Youth Skills by the Institute for the Future
Cover image: Photo by Zuzanna Adamczyk on Unsplash
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

Future makers: are you ready?

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20 minutes

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Future makers: which skills do you care about?

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30 minutes

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Future makers: meet your future self!

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45 minutes

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Content

We humans often shape our lives based on inspiring examples. In the past, firefighters, doctors or accountants inspired us on how and what we should learn. These were the archetypes that shaped our lives in the past. Today, we need a set of new archetypes that will inspire us to build pathways to learning, civic participation and careers for a very different future.
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The Institute for the Future’s Global Youth Skills research offers nine archetype profiles from the future. They:
are innovators;
use unique qualities and abilities;
develop specific strategies;
build paths using a variety of resources;
lead new pathways to future learning, civic engagement and careers.
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Now, choose one, two or even three archetypes that best match who you are now or who you want to be in the future. 
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To get a badge for this activity:
get to know the archetypes of the future and choose the profiles that inspire you;
if you have a team, share your results and talk about them;
upload an image, photo, print screen or file with selected archetypes and reflect on the badge task.
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How will the world be in 2030? WIRED magazine asked eight Sci-Fi writers to imagine the Bold and New Future of Work. You can also watch these videos to ‘travel’ to the future worlds.
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Source: Youtube channel of Hashem Al-Ghaili﻿
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Source: Youtube channel of Tyler Waye﻿
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The Network of Cities of Learning offers this learning activity within the capacity-building project ‘Youth co-design learning, civic and career pathways’. We are grateful to the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme for co-funding support for this project.
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Credits:
Nine archetypes of the future by the Institute for the Future
Cover image: Photo by Daniele Franchi on Unsplash

Resources

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Future maker: future me Get this badge

This badge is issued to people who have gotten familiar with the archetypes of the future who:
are innovators;
use unique qualities and abilities to develop specific strategies; 
build growth strategies using a variety of resources;
lead new pathways to future learning, civic engagement and careers.
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The Institute for the Future has created nine archetypes of the future based on the Global Youth Skills research.
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The holders of this badge have chosen one, two or even three archetypes that best match their personality now or what they want to strive to become in the future.
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The Network of Cities of Learning promotes, offers and endorses this badge.

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Use the worksheet with future archetypes to choose profiles that inspire your future self. Upload an image, photo, print screen or file with your choice and share your thoughts on the following questions:
Which future archetype(s) have you chosen? What are the reasons for your choice?
Where your city and how you can develop your capacity for the future archetype(s)? What opportunities are missing?

Future makers: create your skill strategy.

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30 minutes

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Future makers: lead your path to the future!

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45 minutes

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Skills

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#using learning strategies

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#analytical thinking

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#plan learning

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#inspire others

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#self-awareness

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#strategic planning

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#perform self-assessment

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#job opportunities

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#personal development

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#strategic thinking

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#use critical thinking skills

Activities: 5

Started: 81

Completed playlist: 15

Time to complete: 2 hours 50 minutes

Organisers

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

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