August 14th, 2020 by

We ain’t see nothing yet. And still I maintain that many good things can come from this crisis: there would be no major change in U.S. politics (later this year) if it had not been for corona; there would have been no major shift to pan-European solidarity, there would have been no acceleration of global scientific collaboration, and no deeper questioning of whether capitalism as we know it still makes sense.

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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