future mapping
the why and the how
future mapping
Edward Cotton on LinkedIn: #strategy #innovation #futures #thefuture #dualmindset…
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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?
A strong interest in the role of futures, as well as planting narrative ‘seeds’ that could be harvested in the future
Abi Knipe • Conditions to Flourish: Understanding the Ecosystem for Narrative Power
Companies are built to be predictable and stable. That's a bad thing in today's world.
But it’s only when we sacrifice the certainty of answers, when we take our training wheels off, and when we dare to wander away from the street lamps that breakthroughs happen. If you stick to the familiar, you won’t find the unexpected. Those who get ahead in this century will dance with the great unknown and find danger, rather than comfort, in
... See moreOzan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
The purpose is to scout the path and shift the discourse.
Matt Webb • Towards the Orthogonal Technology Lab, V0.1
Sociologist Elise Boulding calls this ‘temporal exhaustion’, arguing that ‘if one is mentally out of breath all the time from dealing with the present, there is no energy left for imagining the future.’
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
“The Official Future” tells us to “think exponentially, act incrementally,” beckoning us to utilize foresight in service of the ever-expanding present systems of quantifying, micro-analyzing, extracting, consuming, and automating. This way of futuring is at the heart of Epistemic Uncertainty. “The Emergent Future” instead challenges us to “ think... See more
The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
lots of this is too nebulous - but the mindset shift from ‘think exponentially, act incrementally’ to ‘think transformationally, act transitionally’ is really potent