By not acting now, we’re allowing the future costs of the greenhouse-gas crisis to compound. Eventually, the consequences will be irreversible. Article Link That job is made even harder because the business community is not the only sphere in which …
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“Where’s Waldo?” Oops! Should be “Where’s the Center?” Seems like a lot of very good centers worthy of exploration here. Article Link
This is a good tie to the role of “intuition.” Joel recognizes this as a very important early part of the process of ideas flowing through paradigms to reality — “The Possibilities Cone” Article Link
There’s a lot of attention being paid to the lack of long-term thinking. All of Joel’s Strategic Exploration Tools address these concerns — the recent articles I’ve posted here are great materials for discussing all the tools with clients and …
Very interesting post! Using the Internet is an easy way to feel omniscient. Enter a search term and the answers appear before your eyes. But at any moment you’re also just a few taps away from becoming an insufferable know-it-all. …
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What happens if multiple teams explore the same particular “arc” (or first-order implication)? Consistent with our “scouting metaphor,” if we send good scouts out over the same territory, they’re likely to discover the different important elements, particularly if the topic …
What will it take to shift markets and companies away from a short-term way of thinking? Article Link
A recommendation from a participant in our “paper-based” facilitator training. I watched the movie a few times — and the following comments are spot-on! I just saw The Imitation Game last weekend. It’s the movie that features the team …
We’ve discussed the value of having three different strategic thinking perspectives in any strategy work. These three strategic thinking perspectives include people with front-line experience, others with functional expertise, and innovative thinkers that look at opportunities and challenges in new and different …
Ask about the implications of their answer. When people answer a question without being particularly revealing, or by giving a very safe answer, what do you do? For instance, when asked about greatest weakness, someone says, “I’m a perfectionist” or …