Think: Here’s something to think about: If optimizing short-term accounting measures does not maximize long-term performance, why do we focus on it? This Harvard Business Review article, What’s the Best Way to Create Long-Term Value, will give you plenty to think about. Think Like a Futurist: Strategic planning is not a substitute for critical thinking. [...]
Dear Readers: My “think week” experience in the BWCA was so productive last month that I decided to follow it up with an additional “think week” in the Badlands of North Dakota this week. In this case, I will be spending more time in silence than I am normally comfortable with, but it is what [...]
Editor’s Note: This week, I am taking my own advice and engaging in a “Think Week.” In my case, I am choosing to spend six days in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in northern Minnesota. If you notice a nature-related theme to this week’s edition it is because that is the theme I am [...]
(Editor’s Note: I am in Egypt this week traveling the Nile River and researching the future of water. As a result, this week’s edition is abbreviated. If you’re looking for more, I encourage you to review last week’s Friday Future 15--it had a number of thought stimuating articles.) Think: Thinking of traveling in the future? [...]
Recently, Hal Gregersen, the author of Questions are the Answer, had an outstanding article in the Wall Street Journal, To Be a Better Leader, Ask Better Questions. As a futurist, I have always exhorted my clients to “give up on answers, stick with questions.” (I even provide them a quick cheat sheet of potential questions [...]
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