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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those

who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler

Strategic Foresight helps develop the ability to

learn, unlearn and relearn with tools that allow us to:

• Uncover our personal and

organizational blind spots

• Broadly scan the external

environment to identify risks and opportunities

• Make sense of what‘s emergingso we can take action today

Many organizations treat foresight efforts like an app…when it should be their operating system.

Strategic foresight is a discipline but is actually best served

as an integrated philosophy. Organizations that

intentionally develop a futures culture are primed for

market-leading innovation, successful opportunity

development, and revenue-generating futures intelligence.

In today’s business environment, a quarterly deadline

will always take precedence over thinking about the future.

funding, and headcount because leadership

struggles to see the connection between

the future and today.

Projects with long-term planning horizons lose support,

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How we think about the future directly impacts the decisions we make today.

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WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

THE ‘FACTS’:: official unquestioned view of reality ::

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?

THE ‘SYSTEMS’:: social systems/structures informing ‘reality’ ::

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Benchmarking is so last year….

Culture cannot be

copied, benchmarked, or googled

but it can be developed.

WHAT ‘TRUTHS’ INFORM THE SYSTEM?

THE ‘WORLDVIEW’:: deeper unconsciously held beliefs ::

THE ‘MYTH & METAPHOR’:: unconscious emotional narratives about reality ::

WHAT STORY DO YOU BELIEVE ABOUTTHE NATURE OF EXISTENCE?

CAUSAL LAYERED ANALYSIS

Transforming Narratives for Organizational Change

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THE ‘FACTS’:: official unquestioned view of reality ::

“Generational warfare”THE ‘SYSTEM’

:: social system/structure informing ‘reality’ ::

WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES?

THE ‘WORLDVIEW’:: deeper unconsciously held beliefs ::

“Capitalism and a puritan work ethic”WHAT STORY DO YOU BELIEVE ABOUTTHE NATURE OF EXISTENCE?

WHAT ‘TRUTHS’ INFORM THE SYSTEM?

THE ‘MYTH & METAPHOR’:: unconscious emotional narratives about reality ::

“The wisdom of the elders”

“Hierarchy, tenure and certification based”

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A new vision requires

a new measurement.

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Generation Cohort

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Balancing the Future

Trends &

Emerging Issues

Aspirations &

Preferred Futures

“Here comes

the future.”

“The future

is ahead.”

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The transformational shift in society and

business along with the convergence of

emerging technology, social change, and

new landscapes of complexity are causing

the concept of the socio-historical

generation to begin to fade.

The “Generation Cohort” Future

Generations are giving way to

passion-oriented cohorts.

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While there are still

Boomers, Gen Xers,

Gen Y, and whatever the

next generation is being

called, the lines are

increasingly blurring.

In this new world where resilience and flexibility are king, the meshing

of social tech and collaborative communities is not only allowing

open-source ideas and grass-roots initiatives to thrive, but is rallying

individuals from across the generations to activities of like-

passions.

Generation Cohort