Four careers over 50+ years. USMC, engineering, consulting, education. Past twenty years have focused on helping leaders become and remain relevant during times of change.
MindPrep 159 - Imagining the Future
We can’t forecast the future, but we can begin to get ready for it with a bit of imagination.
No, I don’t mean idle daydreaming. I mean exploring reasonable guesses based on what we know right now.
I grabbed a cup of coffee this morning and jotted notes about five areas of interest. The trigger for this exercise was found in Amy Webb’s wonderful book The Signals are Talking. Her suggestion of considering three kinds of futures -- probable, plausible, and possible – resulted in the following:
This list took all of ten minutes and is certainly a “first draft.”
So, why do this? Because the future will most certainly be a surprise unless we spend a little time imagining what it might be. And then digging deeper into the scenarios that might affect us and our businesses.
This is one of the exercises we will use in the upcoming course, Don’t be Taken by Surprise. Stay tuned.
Please let me know what plausible futures you see.
Take care,
Bill
Bill @ MindPrep
Bill Welter
Four careers over 50+ years. USMC, engineering, consulting, education. Past twenty years have focused on helping leaders become and remain relevant during times of change.
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