Foresight

July 21, 2022

The Future of Work: Dystopia or Utopia?

Today’s guest post is from Dr. Philip Foster. You can learn more about him and his work below. _________ Recently I read an article from The Verge by Rich […]
July 14, 2022

Why is organizational success important?

Some of my most interesting insights are gleaned from real-life. Like orange trees (see The Tale of the Orange and the Lemon Tree)! This week an orange […]
July 7, 2022

Leading Change [Infographic]

When I ask people to define effective leadership I get a wide array of answers. However, they often share a common them and it is something called change. […]
January 20, 2015

Fear This, Not That! You May be Afraid of the Wrong Things

Misdirected fear. When our minds focus on the wrong issues, our misdirected fear can keep us from working on the things that matter. For example, in […]
January 15, 2015

Fast Forward: Five Forecasts for ’15

Now that the New Year is well underway, I decided it was time to use my futurist skills and make some forecasts about things that I think […]
December 9, 2014

Relevance: A Lifelong Investment

“The worlds wine cork producers want you to know that they’re sorry” (Pierson). A front page article in this weekends LA Times pronounced what happens when success meets […]
October 21, 2014

Unlearning: The new leadership skill

In order to thrive in the future we are going to need to learn how to unlearn. Amidst unparalleled change, leaders can no longer rely on […]
September 23, 2014

The Death of Privacy: Life in a Post-Private World

Imagine if privacy was dead. You know, like absolutely nothing was private. As I see it, we don’t really have to imagine it.  Here is newsworthy […]
August 14, 2014

Effective Leaders Think Differently: 10 Quotes to Make You Think

I see and I forget I hear and I remember I do and I understand Confucius This week I have been poring through textbooks as I prepare […]
July 29, 2014

Gamified Life: Gaming goes mainstream

It was a hot summer day and our teenagers and their friends were playing in our pool. As I observed them, I grasped how video games have […]
July 14, 2014

Open Source Life

In June 2014 the CEO of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, made a surprising announcement, “…in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of […]