future mapping
the why and the how
future mapping
explorers are very different from experts. They are looking ahead to anticipate emerging opportunities and recognize that existing knowledge is becoming obsolete at an accelerating rate. As leaders, they are framing powerful and inspiring questions that can pull more and more people to them in an effort to explore and discover answers that can
... See morejohnhagel.com • From Expert to Explorer
in the face of uncertainty and constraints, Challengers don’t shrink back. They drive progress for their brand and beyond, into the categories they shape. And to realise those ambitions, they believe that success is predicated on creating an internal culture of bravery, as much as it is manifesting that bravery externally.
eatbigfish. • The Cost of Mediocrity
challenges to long-held assumptions take place when individuals dive deeper and deeper into anticipatory imagination and provocation, and this opens the door to transformative realities that profoundly change the perspective of the foresight practitioner. Consequently, the possibility of these new worlds become an internal experience that can no
... See moreTFSX • The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
We need to deepen our storytelling of one specific kind of story, however – namely, the kind of story that can allow us to imagine a future replete with possibility.
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
as Albert Einstein was famous for saying, “ No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it ” Put another way, you can’t solve a problem within the context of that problem.
TFSX • The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
Imagining is a rigorous discipline. Imagination is our greatest national resource, one that drives value creation across the sciences, the humanities, the arts, and business. All compelling entrepreneurial ventures, transformative social movements, and technological breakthroughs begin with an inspired sense of possibility.
Seth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
The individual’s ability to cope with uncertainty
Organizations are created, powered, and led by people. To lead organizations well, we train people in disciplines such as marketing, finance, and leadership. But uncertainty presents a special challenge since few of us have received training in how to deal with it. As a result, although we may call... See more
Organizations are created, powered, and led by people. To lead organizations well, we train people in disciplines such as marketing, finance, and leadership. But uncertainty presents a special challenge since few of us have received training in how to deal with it. As a result, although we may call... See more
Nathan Furr • Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty
It is a fallacy to plan for ‘the future’ (singular). We need to be prepared for multiple futures (plural) and build into our strategies a flexibility that allows us to move resilient from the present moment towards the future. Being aware of the different paths the future might take, leads to more realistic and flexible strategies that will be more
... See moreMarjolein Pijnappels • Designing the Future Using Science Fiction
Cultures vary in the degree to which they value openness and tolerate uncertainty. Some cultures lead people to experience anxiety in situations that are ambiguous or unpredictable, and these cultures are structured in ways that make the world seem more stable and predictable through strict rules and laws, shared beliefs, and circumscribed ways of
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