June 2nd, 2018 by

UPDATED:  here is a new video on the same topic, from the May 2018 Thoughtworks LIVE London event:

Here are the essential slides from my keynote I gave yesterday, in Boston – the most essential Future Principles

Author: Gerd Leonhard

In the words of American poet John Berryman, “the possibility that has been overlooked is the future”. Most of us are far too busy coping with present challenges to explore the future in any depth – and when we do our own cravings and fears often run away with us, resulting in utopias or dystopias that are not very helpful in terms of planning and decisions. Today’s professionals, leaders and their organisations need a dedicated, passionate long-term understanding of the future if they are to successfully navigate the exponential waves of change. For countless individuals and organizations that intelligence is called Gerd Leonhard.

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