Recommended pathway — Method Courses
Complete all six Method Courses before proceeding to the Executive Leadership Courses.
Begin with: the Featured IFM Futures Course.
Then complete: Community Consultation Method, Vinculum Method, TRAM, Futures Thinking Kite and SELECTIONS. This course is one of the six required Method Courses.
Use the Futures Thinking Kite to test progress and regress.
Book source: This course is based principally on Chapter 41, “The Futures Thinking Kite Flies Beyond the Worm That Turns,” pp. 283–286 of The Inclusive Futures Method by Dr Colin Russo.
Created by Dr Colin Russo and presented in The Inclusive Futures Method, the Futures Thinking Kite has four quadrants: More brings us more; More brings us less; Less brings us less; and Less brings us more.
Five interactive lessons help you map a challenge, test all four patterns, compare second-order effects and choose a balanced preferred-future strategy.
Optional Professional Certification
A Certificate of Completion will be granted once the course is completed.
If professional certification is required, participants must submit a 3,000-word applied paper. Dr Colin Russo will review the paper and may request editing, revisions or responses to follow-up questions before approval.
The certification assessment fee is AUD $500, separate from the course fee. Upon successful completion, an official Engaging Futures Certificate of Completion will be supplied.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 5 Lessons
- 150 Minutes

