To See the Future More Clearly, Find Your Blind Spots
After being bombarded with disruption in 2020, executives can better prepare for the next crisis by considering new perspectives. Article Link
Author: Jim Schreier
When Do We Learn to Think?
Training initiatives should place more emphasis on problem-solving, innovation, and inquiry than on learning through “sit down and get it” programs. We need to teach people to think about what they aren’t thinking about. Article Link
Unintended Consequences of Stockpiling Food: Waste
There’s now £1 billion more food in people’s houses than three weeks ago. This consumer stockpiling has led to unavailability of products for others, and there’s a real danger that if this food isn’t eaten, we will see huge amounts …
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Unintended consequence of COVID-19: cyberbullying could increase
cyberbullying expert from Florida Atlantic University cautions that there will likely be some unintended consequences that merit attention and response from both educators and parents. Among these unintended consequences: a possible increase in cyberbullying among youth. Article Link
Four Tips to Practice Good Mental Hygiene during the Coronavirus Outbreak
Research suggests that when we recognize our common humanity and show compassion, we are more likely to pull together and to solve issues that may be complex in nature.
COVID-19: Implications for Business
In this note, we offer some of our latest insights, starting with five likely epidemiologic swing factors that will largely determine the contours of the pandemic in the next year. Article Link
5 Corporate Innovation Trends of 2019 Set to Disrupt the Business Landscape in 2020
What’s more, the trends shaping the corporate innovation landscape in 2020 are set to be just as earth-shaking. Article Link
5 Statistical Traps Data Scientists Should Avoid
This is a very interesting and relevant article for our Strategic Exploration Tools. The “Cobra Effect” discussion is particularly relevant because we focus on the value of the Implications Wheel to address these “unintended consequences.” Article Link
The Cobra Effect — Lessons in Unintended Consequences
An interesting article with some great examples — plus the re-emphasis of the reality that they’re “unanticipated” not unintended consequences. Article Link
Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?
The Strategic Exploration process recognizes “intuition” as an important part of how information coming into our “paradigms” is processed. For the Implications Wheel, the “1 in a 1,000,000” possibility recognizes insights — as does the “weird and the obvious” rule. …
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