future mapping
the why and the how
future mapping
If we’re to resist the gravity well of banality, extract ourselves from of the containers of the past, escape the stifling grip of pre-packaged thinking, refuse to be complicit in the astro-turfing of culture, and create better, desired futures rather than merely slipstream into default ones, then what we really need is imagination. And the... See more
martin weigel • Fighting The Astro-Turfing Of Culture, The Gravity Well Of Banality, And The Stifling Grip Of Pre-Packaged Thinking — Martin Weigel
Path dependency is alive and well throughout businesses as mediocre, middle-of-the-road thinking doesn’t rock the boat, whether you are in product development or marketing. But, from what we see, this type of behaviour also doesn’t reap any great rewards. This is why Challenger brands question incumbency at every level of their organisation in
... See moreeatbigfish. • The Cost of Mediocrity
"The future rewards clarity and punishes certainty" - Margaret Heffernan
great strategy is more about facilitation than it is about creation. It’s the process of unearthing what is true for an organization, matching that with opportunities in the world and creating pathways so that more people can participate in that work.
Strategy is an act of democratization in an organization. It’s prying the understanding from the... See more
Strategy is an act of democratization in an organization. It’s prying the understanding from the... See more
who makes a good midwife?
And basically, my gripe is, we collectively generally treat every transition the way I used to treat “time for recess”: This is just going to happen, so let’s not focus on how it’s going to happen, or whether the getting there is hard. Let’s just get from here to there, OK? And then we can be there and forget about here.
Sophie Lucido Johnson from You Are Doing A Good Enough Job • It's Going to Take You Longer to Get to Work
TL:DR — It is impossible for organisations to “demonstrate their impact” if they work in complex environments. Asking them to do so requires them to create a fantasy version of the story of their work. This corruption of data makes doing genuine change work harder because it is difficult to learn and adapt from corrupted data.
Rodrigo Turra from The Nexialist • 🛗✨The Nexialist #0133
We need to become better storytellers in such a way that we can, through a variety of media, give people a visceral sense of what a positive future would sound, taste, feel and look like. We need to create stories where the kind of future we want to see becomes commonplace, everyday. We need to tell stories with an underlying sense that the mere
... See moreRob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
when you aren’t just dismantling the narrative but providing another one, you are creating a new reality for your audience.