Transformational Change With Qualitative Predictive Analysis
A couple of year’s ago, I wrote a short article entitled It’s Time To Democratize The Future. In the article I noted that, when talking about…
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3 Ways to Challenge Assumptions
An excerpt from The Guide to Natural® Foresight Framework: Before we even consider writing scenarios, we need to conduct unconscious futures modeling. Here are three…
5 Common Reasons Why Foresight Efforts Fail
An excerpt from The Guide to Natural® Foresight Framework available for download here. Why do Foresight Efforts Fail? Creating a sustainable foresight practice for yourself…
Natural Foresight as a Panarchy
An excerpt from The Guide to Natural® Foresight Framework available for download here. Underpinned by the concept of cascading S-curves and complex adaptive cycles (Wahl,…
Foresight: The Most Important Leadership Skill of the 21st Century
Leadership qualities tend to be timeless. It’s why we look back through history at the esteemed individuals who led successful businesses, governments and social initiatives.…
4 Ways to Overcome Blind Spots Using Strategic Foresight
Originally appeared on GreenBook Blog in January 2018 Unconscious bias refers to the stereotypes, both negative and positive, that exist in our subconscious and affect…
3 Ways You Can Begin Leading From the Future
If you’re in a position of leadership today, then you’ve definitely experienced what it means to be “environmentally challenged.” Normally, this phrase refers to the…
Unconscious Futures Modeling
In recent years, huge companies such as Google and Facebook have adopted the practice of “Unconscious Bias Modeling,” taking their employees through workshops to uncover…
Embracing a Transformational Mindset
Originally published in Rotman Management Magazine’s Fall 2016 Issue: The Disruptive Issue Early in the 20th century, Austrian-born economist Joseph Schumpeter coined the phrase ‘creative…
We’re Building The Future, And It Looks Just Like Today
As futurists, it is our job to help clients to build the future. That may mean that we are helping them to identify potential risks,…
Why “That’s Crazy” Is Critical To Good Strategic Foresight
As a younger version of myself, one of the first foresight ideas that I encountered was the popular expression from futurist legend Jim Dator: “Any…
How Creativity Grows from Natural Foresight®
One of the greatest deficits of our time is an impoverishment of “creativity generators” or cultures of creativity within our organizations. By becoming captive to…
