future mapping
the why and the how
future mapping
Les Binet said: "Minor innovation is worse than no innovation at all"
tomorrowing — an active mindset of anticipating challenges and opportunities rather than passively waiting for the future.
Sarah DaVanzo • Gen Z’s Curiosity Fingerprint for the Future
It took me a while, but I eventually figured out what he meant. Sometimes the task of rebuilding—of accepting what has been broken and making things anew—is so daunting that it can almost feel easier to believe it can’t be done.
But it can.
But it can.
Arnold’s theory about why people are always saying this is: “When you don’t have a vision of the future, it’s easier to look back.” People get stuck looking back because they don’t have a vision for what’s ahead. That’s why he says he’s always telling people to find their vision .
Austin Kleon • You Don't Need a Vision
Innovation begins with inspiration. Positive visions of the future inject people with imagination, which pulls the future forward.
David Perell • Peter Thiel’s Religion
The purpose is to scout the path and shift the discourse.
Matt Webb • Towards the Orthogonal Technology Lab, V0.1
Resilience requires a kind of elasticity, an ability to stretch and reach but then to return, to spring back into a former shape—or perhaps to shapeshift into something new if the circumstances require it. Resilience is stretchy where optimization is brittle; resilience invites change where optimization demands continuity. But whether we’re talking
... See moreMandy Brown • Against Optimization
What incremental changes do we make to our internal algorithms to lurch our way to ever-more confident means of thriving in this world? The question is not only what injustices are you fighting against, but what do you in your heart of hearts want to create?