‘Business as usual’ will kill us

“Business as usual” will kill us

– and that goes both for the environment as well as for TECHNOLOGY

“Change is possible, but this would require a revolution in many fields, starting with the way we produce and consume energy. If we continue with business as usual, we’re heading straight into a wall”
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele: ‘Change is possible, but it requires a revolution’ – Il manifesto global

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. View all posts by Gerd Leonhard