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
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
On The Edge: #030 Margaret Heffernan - Uncertainty Powers Change on Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.comThe joy and the delight of this is to step forward a bit, to be a little bit daring and a little bit courageous, saying, “Well, what if? What if we did that?” We have just played with that idea of what could be possible.
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Incrementalism: The vision must be broken down into incremental steps. If you are building the ecosystem for charter cities, where do you start? Who are the first groups you need to build a coalition with, how to get early wins to demonstrate credibility to various stakeholders? How do you balance the decades long nature of city development with
... See moremarklutter.com • Startup Nonprofits
Whatever work we do to engage people in making change can be deepened and expanded if it has play at its heart.
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
Companies are built to be predictable and stable. That's a bad thing in today's world.
In 2024, it’s easy to forget that iconic brands—those that win by riding cultural waves and becoming deeply associated with new cultural aspirations—must look to cultural idea markets first. A cultural idea market comes from the collective consciousness; it’s an aspiration or belief that a culture can unite around and become excited about.
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