From the course: Leading like a Futurist
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Seeing multiple futures at the same time
From the course: Leading like a Futurist
Seeing multiple futures at the same time
- In seeing new futures, we have to build new muscles that allow us to envision not just one future, but multiple futures. As futurist, Alvin Toffler, articulated in his book, Future Shock, we have to look at the range of possible futures, probable futures, and preferred futures. Those futures are not the same thing. Exploring possible futures demands creativity and imagination. It requires discipline to continually ask what if without boundaries or constraints. Probably futures requires systemic modeling and forecasting using logic and mathematical formulas and our preferred future requires a deep understanding of purpose, values, and shared expectations of what should unfold. We aren't taught to examine the future through those different lenses. Instead, we tend to believe that tomorrow will most likely be a version of today, anchoring our planning and assumptions on what we know and what we can see. This is…
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